King James Version
"Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes."
— Genesis 31:40, King James Version
“Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes. ”
“This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.”
“I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.”
“Day and night was I parched with heat, and with frost, and sleep departed from my eyes.”
“This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.”
“Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.”
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
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.
That 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.
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?