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Youוְאַתֵּנָהknowיְדַעְתֶּןthatכִּיwith allבְּכָלmy strengthכֹּחִיI have servedעָבַדְתִּיyour father.אֶת אֲבִיכֶן
Genesis 31:6
Study it in the app“You know that with all my strength I have served your father.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:6, word by word
- knowיְדַעְתֶּןyedaten
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedaten” appears- my strengthכֹּחִkochi
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “kochi” appears- I have servedעָבַדְתִּיavadti
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “avadti” appears- your fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears
The context
5He said to them, “I see the face of your father, that it is not toward me as before; but the Elohim of my father has been with me.
6 · This verse (above)
7Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but Elohim did not allow him to do harm to me.
To study Genesis 31 in a group
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?