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Genesis 30:29

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And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
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  1. Genesis 31:6Rank 1 from verse 29
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    6And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

  2. Genesis 31:38–40Rank 2 from verse 29
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    38This 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.

    39That 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.

    40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

  3. 1 Peter 2:18Rank 3 from verse 29
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    18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

  4. 1 Peter 2:15Rank 4 from verse 29
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    15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

  5. Colossians 3:22–25Rank 5 from verse 29
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    22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

    23And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

    24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

    25But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

  6. Ephesians 6:5–8Rank 6 from verse 29
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    5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

    6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

    7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

    8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

  7. Genesis 30:5Rank 7 from verse 29
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    5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

  8. Matthew 24:45Rank 8 from verse 29
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    45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

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    9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

    10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

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Genesis 30:29

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

served

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of serve, meaning to work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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30:25¶ And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

30:26Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

30:27And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.

30:28And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

30:29And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

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30:30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

30:31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:

30:32I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

30:33So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

30:34And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

30:35And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

30:36And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

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