Genesis 31 · Verse 6

Genesis 31:6

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
Genesis 31:6, King James Version

Genesis 31:6 in other translations

BSBYou know that I have served your father with all my strength.
WEBYou know that I have served your father with all of my strength.
ASVAnd ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
YLTand ye--ye have known that with all my power I have served your father,
DARBYAnd you know that with all my power I have served your father.
BBEAnd you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,
WebsterAnd ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

What does Genesis 31:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. ye know that ... I have served your father--Having stated his strong grounds of dissatisfaction with their father's conduct and the ill requital he had got for all his faithful services, he informed them of the blessing of God that had made him rich notwithstanding Laban's design to ruin him; and finally, of the command from God he had received to return to his own country, that they might not accuse him of caprice, or disaffection to their family; but be convinced, that in resolving to depart, he acted from a principle of religious obedience.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 31:1-21

The affairs of these families are related very minutely, while (what are called) the great events of states and kingdoms at that period, are not mentioned. The Bible teaches people the common duties of life, how to serve God, how to enjoy the blessings he bestows, and to do good in the various stations and duties of life. Selfish men consider themselves robbed of all that goes past them, and covetousness will even…

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Genesis 31:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַתֵּ֖נָהve.'a.Te.nahand youH859
יְדַעְתֶּ֑ןye.da'.Tenyou knowH3045
כִּ֚יkithatH3588
בְּכָל\־be.kholwith allH3605
כֹּחִ֔יko.Chistrength myH3581
עָבַ֖דְתִּי'a.Vad.tiI have servedH5647
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲבִיכֶֽן\׃'a.vi.Khenfather yourH1

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 31:6

  • Genesis 30:29

    And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

  • Ephesians 6:5-8

    Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

  • Colossians 3:22-25

    Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

  • Genesis 31:38-42

    This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. …

  • Titus 2:9-10

    Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

  • 1 Peter 2:18

    Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
38-42; 30:29; Eph 6:5-8; Col 3:22-25; Tit 2:9,10; 1Pe 2:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 31:5

    And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

  • Genesis 31:6

    And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

  • Genesis 31:7

    And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

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Genesis 31:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y vosotras sabéis que con todas mis fuerzas he servido á vuestro padre:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et vous savez vous-mêmes que j’ai servi votre père de toute ma force.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ihr selbst wisset ja, daß ich mit all meiner Kraft eurem Vater gedient habe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ipsæ nostis quod totis viribus meis servierim patri vestro.