THEOSISGenesis 31:40Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Day and night was I parched with heat, and with frost, and sleep departed from my eyes.
הָיִ֧יתִי בַיּ֛וֹם אֲכָלַ֥נִי חֹ֖רֶב וְקֶ֣רַח בַּלָּ֑יְלָה וַתִּדַּ֥ד שְׁנָתִ֖י מֵֽעֵינָֽי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Pet 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily:
- 1 Pet 5:4And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory.
- Heb 13:7Remember your prelates who have spoken the word of God to you: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation,
- John 21:15When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs.
- John 21:17He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep.
- Luke 2:8And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping the night watches over their flock.
- Hos 12:12Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.
- Ex 3:1Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro, his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.