Genesis 31:38
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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.”
עִם
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
שָׁכֹל
they have miscarried
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שָׁכֹל
properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)
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רָחֵל
ewes/ your
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רָחֵל
a ewe (the females being the predominant element of a flock) (as a good traveller)
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צֹאן
flock/ your
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צֹאן
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
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שָׁנֶה
years
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שָׁנֶה
a year (as a revolution of time)
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עֶשְׂרִים
twenty
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עֶשְׂרִים
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
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