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Genesis 31

Gen. 31:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And ye
'attah (Hebrew #859)
aatta {at-taw'}; or wath {ath}; feminine (irregular) sometimes nattiy {at-tee'}; plural masculine attem {at- tem'}; feminine atten {at-ten'}; or oattenah {at-tay'naw}; or fattennah {at-tane'-naw}; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
KJV usage: thee, thou, ye, you.
Pronounce: at-taw'
Origin: or (shortened)
know
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
that with all my power
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
I have served
`abad (Hebrew #5647)
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV usage: X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
a your father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
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Gen. 31:41• 41I have been these twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times. (Gen. 31:41)

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Gen. 31:38‑42• 38These twenty years have I been with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten.
 39What was torn I have not brought to thee; I had to bear the loss of it: of my hand hast thou required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
 40Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
 41I have been these twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
 42Had not the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, been with me, it is certain thou wouldest have sent me away now empty. God has looked upon my affliction and the labour of my hands, and has judged last night. (Gen. 31:38‑42)
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Gen. 30:29• 29And he said to him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle has become with me. (Gen. 30:29)
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Eph. 6:5‑8• 5Bondmen, obey masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ;
 6not with eye-service as men-pleasers; but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,
 7serving with good will as to the Lord, and not to men;
 8knowing that whatever good each shall do, this he shall receive of the Lord, whether bond or free. (Eph. 6:5‑8)
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Col. 3:22‑25• 22Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.
 23Whatsoever ye do, labour at it heartily, as doing it to the Lord, and not to men;
 24knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance; ye serve the Lord Christ.
 25For he that does a wrong shall receive the wrong he has done, and there is no respect of persons. (Col. 3:22‑25)
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Titus 2:9‑10• 9bondmen to be subject to their own masters, to make themselves acceptable in everything; not gainsaying;
 10not robbing their masters, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the teaching which is of our Saviour God in all things. (Titus 2:9‑10)
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1 Peter 2:18• 18Servants, be subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered. (1 Peter 2:18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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