THEOSISGenesis 31:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And you know that I have served your father to the uttermost of my power.
וְאַתֵּ֖נָה יְדַעְתֶּ֑ן כִּ֚י בְּכָל־כֹּחִ֔י עָבַ֖דְתִּי אֶת־אֲבִיכֶֽן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 30:29But he answered: Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how great thy possession hath been in my hands.
- Col 3:22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh: not serving to the eye, as pleasing men: but in simplicity of heart, fearing God.
- Col 3:25For he that doth wrong shall receive for that which he hath done wrongfully. And there is no respect of persons with God.
- Gen 31:38Have I, therefore, been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did not eat:
- Gen 31:42Unless the God of my father, Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had stood by me, peradventure now thou hadst sent me away naked: God beheld my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.
- Eph 6:5Servants, be obedient to them that are your lords according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to Christ.
- Eph 6:8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man shall do, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
- Titus 2:9Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters: in all things pleasing, not gainsaying: