Genesis 31:38
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
רָחֵל
râchêl
a ewe (the females being the predominant element of a flock) (as a good traveller)
עֵז
ʻêz
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אַיִל
ʼayil
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an o...
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָחֵל râchêl
a ewe (the females being the predominant element of a flock) (as a good traveller)
Study H7353 →אַיִל ʼayil
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
Study H352 →עֵז ʻêz
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
Study H5795 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
And 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.
For 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?
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
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