And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. Treasury of Scripture ten times. The Hebrew, asereth monim, is literally, as Aquila renders, 'ten numbers;' and Symmachus, 'ten times in number;' which probably implies an indefinite number: see ver. Genesis 31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your cattle... . Leviticus 26:26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven... Numbers 14:22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness... Nehemiah 4:12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelled by them came, they said to us ten times... Job 19:8 He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness in my paths. Isaiah 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel... Zechariah 8:23 Thus said the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations... God. Genesis 31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying... Genesis 20:6 And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart... Job 1:10 Have not you made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has on every side?... Psalm 37:28 For the LORD loves judgment, and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. Psalm 105:14,15 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes... Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn...
Context Jacob Flees From Laban
1And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's has he gotten all this glory. 2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you. 4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock, 5And said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me. 6And you know that with all my power I have served your father. 7And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 8If he said thus, The speckled shall be your wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be your hire; then bore all the cattle ringstraked. 9Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped on the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. 11And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. 12And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap on the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban does to you. 13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you vowed a vow to me: now arise, get you out from this land, and return to the land of your kindred. 14And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 15Are we not counted of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has quite devoured also our money. 16For all the riches which God has taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatever God has said to you, do. 17Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on camels; 18And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. 20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Yea, your father also hath overreached me, and hath changes my wages ten times: and yet God hath not suffered him to hurt me.
Darby Bible Translation
And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
King James Bible
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Young's Literal Translation
and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.
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