Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Twenty
The rams
General references
Bible References
Twenty
Genesis 31:41
These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
Ewes
Genesis 30:27
But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.
Exodus 23:26
None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
Deuteronomy 28:4
Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.
The rams
Ezekiel 34:2
"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord GOD: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?
General references
Genesis 30:29
Jacob said to him, "You yourself know how I have served you, and how your livestock has fared with me.
Genesis 31:6
You know that I have served your father with all my strength,