CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 31:38 Catholic Bible: I have been with you now for twenty years; your sheep and your goats have not failed to reproduce, and I have not eaten any rams from your flocks. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/genesis/31-38.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/genesis/31-38.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/genesis/31-38.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/genesis/1.htm">Genesis</a> > <a href="/gntd/genesis/31.htm">Chapter 31</a> > Verse 38</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/31-37.htm" title="Genesis 31:37">◄</a> Genesis 31:38 <a href="../genesis/31-39.htm" title="Genesis 31:39">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/genesis/31.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/genesis/31.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I have been with you now for twenty years; your sheep and your goats have not failed to reproduce, and I have not eaten any rams from your flocks. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten the rams of your flocks.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/genesis/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In all the 20 years that I've worked for you, not one of your sheep or goats has had a miscarriage, and I've never eaten even one of your rams. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/31.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“In the twenty years that I was under you, no ewe or she-goat of yours ever miscarried, and I have never eaten rams of your flock.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/genesis/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Have I, therefore, been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did not eat:<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Have I, therefore, been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did not eat:</p><p class="hdg">twenty.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/31-41.htm">Genesis 31:41</a> And in this manner have I served thee in thy house twenty years, fourteen for thy daughters, and six for thy flocks: thou hast changed also my wages ten times.</p><p class="hdg">ewes.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/30-27.htm">Genesis 30:27,30</a> Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned, by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26</a> There shall not be one fruitless nor barren in thy land: I will fill the number of thy days.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Deuteronomy 28:4</a> Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the droves of thy herds, and the folds of thy sheep.</p><p class="hdg">the rams.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-4</a> Son of man, prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to the shepherds: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, that fed themselves: should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds? . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/genesis/31.htm">Laban Pursues Jacob</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">37</span>And searched all my household stuff? What hast thou found of all the substance of thy house? lay it here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and let them judge between me and thee. <span class="reftext">38</span><span class="highl">Have I, therefore, been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did not eat:</span><span class="reftext">39</span>Neither did I shew thee that which the beast had torn; I made good all the damage: whatsoever was lost by theft, thou didst exact it of me:…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/31-10.htm">Genesis 31:10</a></span><br />For after the time came of the ewes conceiving, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in my sleep, that the males which leaped upon the females were of divers colours, and spotted, and speckled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/31-37.htm">Genesis 31:37</a></span><br />And searched all my household stuff? What hast thou found of all the substance of thy house? lay it here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and let them judge between me and thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/31-39.htm">Genesis 31:39</a></span><br />Neither did I shew thee that which the beast had torn; I made good all the damage: whatsoever was lost by theft, thou didst exact it of me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/21-15.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/genesis/27-33.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/songs/6-6.htm">Ewes</a> <a href="/genesis/31-33.htm">Female</a> <a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/genesis/28-20.htm">Food</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">He-Goats</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-6.htm">Loss</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Rams</a> <a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">She-Goats</a> <a href="/genesis/23-1.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/31-51.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/genesis/31-54.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/genesis/32-14.htm">Ewes</a> <a href="/genesis/32-5.htm">Female</a> <a href="/genesis/31-41.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/31-41.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/genesis/32-32.htm">Food</a> <a href="/genesis/32-5.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/genesis/32-14.htm">He-Goats</a> <a href="/genesis/31-39.htm">Loss</a> <a href="/genesis/32-14.htm">Rams</a> <a href="/genesis/32-5.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/genesis/32-14.htm">She-Goats</a> <a href="/genesis/31-41.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/genesis/32-15.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/31-38.htm">Genesis 31:38 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/31-38.htm">Genesis 31:38 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/31-38.htm">Genesis 31:38 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/31-38.htm">Genesis 31:38 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/31-38.htm">Genesis 31:38 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/31-38.htm">Genesis 31:38 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/31-38.htm">Genesis 31:38 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/31-38.htm">Genesis 31:38 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/genesis/31-38.htm">Genesis 31:38 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and been eaten ewes female flocks for from goats have I miscarried nor not now of rams sheep the These twenty with years you Your<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/31-38.htm">OT Law: Genesis 31:38 These twenty years I have been (Gen. Ge Gn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/31-37.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 31:37"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 31:37" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/31-39.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 31:39"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 31:39" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>