Genesis 31:7

Genesis 31:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
• New International Version (NIV)yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

Context of Genesis 31:7

5He said to them, “I can see from your father’s face that his attitude toward me is not the same as before, but the God of my father has been with me. 6You know that with all my strength I have served your father and that he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not let him harm me. 8If he said, ‘The spotted sheep will be your wages,’ then all the sheep were born spotted. If he said, ‘The streaked sheep will be your wages,’ then all the sheep were born streaked. 9God has taken away your father’s herds and given them to me.

Genesis 31:7 word by word

וַאֲבִיכֶן֙ הֵ֣תֶל בִּ֔י וְהֶחֱלִ֥ף אֶת־מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖י עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת מֹנִ֑ים וְלֹֽא־נְתָנ֣וֹ אֱלֹהִ֔ים לְהָרַ֖ע עִמָּדִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And your fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• hath deceivedתָּלַלhâthal · to deceiveH2048
• me, and changedחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498
• my wagesמַשְׂכֹּ֫רֶתmaώkôreth · wageH4909
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• timesמֹנֶהmôneh · timeH4489
• but Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• suffered himנָתַןnâthan · to give: allowH5414
• not to hurtרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• meעִמָּדִי‛immâd · with meH5978

Cross-references for Genesis 31:7

• Genesis 31:41For twenty years in your household I served you — fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks — and you have changed my wages ten times!
• Leviticus 26:26When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
• Numbers 14:22none of the men who have seen my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tested me these ten times and did not obey me,
• Nehemiah 4:12When the Jews who lived nearby arrived, they said to us time and again, “Everywhere you turn, they attack us.”
• Job 19:8He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through; he has veiled my paths with darkness.
• Isaiah 4:1On that day seven women will seize one man, saying, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothing. Just let us bear your name. Take away our disgrace.”
• Zechariah 8:23The Lord of Armies says this: “In those days, ten men from nations of every language will grab the robe of a Jewish man tightly, urging: Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”
• Genesis 31:29I could do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Watch yourself! Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
• Genesis 20:6Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience. I have also kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I have not let you touch her.
• Job 1:10Haven’t you placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
• Psalms 37:28For the Lord loves justice and will not abandon his faithful ones. They are kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.
• Psalms 105:14he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their behalf:
• Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will refute any accusation raised against you in court. This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants, and their vindication is from me.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

Commentaries on Genesis 31:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Changed my wages ten times - There is a strange diversity among the ancient versions, and ancient and modern interpreters, on the meaning of these words. The Hebrew is מנים עשרת asereth monim, which Aquila translates ten numbers; Symmachus, ͅ, ten times in number; the Septuagint , ten lambs, with which Origen appears to agree. St. Augustine thinks that by ten lambs five years' wages is meant: that Laban had withheld from him all the party-coloured lambs…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-55Verses 1-55 - Jacob‘s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים terāpı̂ym Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is always in the plural number. The root does not appear in Biblical Hebrew. It perhaps means “to live well,” intransitively (Gesenius, Roedig.), “to nourish,” transitively (Furst). The teraphim were symbols or representatives of the Deity, as Laban calls…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-13Jacob explained to his wives how God had blessed him, even though Laban opposed him. He was not sure if they wanted to leave Laban and move to Canaan. He wanted his family to agree willingly, so he needed to persuade them. He shared how God had guided and provided for them over the years. He explained that he needed to keep the vow he made at Bethel (28:20–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-211. he heard the words of Laban's sons--It must have been from rumor that Jacob got knowledge of the invidious reflections cast upon him by his cousins; for they were separated at the distance of three days' journey.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 31:7

• Contracts
• Covetousness
• Father-In-Law
• Laban
• Master
• Servant
• Ten
• Wages

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Agate
• Carry
• Discern
• Fear
• Gather
• Inheritance
• Jacob
• Leah

Commentaries on Genesis 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings