Genesis 31:41
These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מַשְׂכֹּרֶתmaskôrethwages or a reward
- חָלַףchâlaphproperly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or
- עֶשֶׂרʻeserten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
- שֵׁשׁshêshsix (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
- צֹאןtsôʼna collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- אַרְבַּעʼarbaʻfour
- עֶשְׂרִיםʻesrîymtwenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Gen 31:7, 2Co 11:26, 1Co 15:10, Gen 30:33–40, Gen 29:18–30, Gen 31:38