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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 31, Verse 6

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And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
King James Version
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
American Standard Version
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
New English Translation
You know that I’ve worked for your father as hard as I could,
World English Bible
You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.
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And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
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If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
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Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.
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And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle [were] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
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And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, [saying], Jacob: And I said, Here [am] I.
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And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle [are] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
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I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, [and] where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
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And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, [Is there] yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
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Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
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For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that [is] ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.