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
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Ewes
Genesis 30:27
And Laban said unto him, Let me now find grace in thine eyes, I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for thy sake.
Exodus 23:26
No women shall abort, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil.
Deuteronomy 28:4
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cows, and the flocks of thy sheep.
The rams
Ezekiel 34:2
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say unto the pastors, Thus hath the Lord GOD said; Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
General references
Genesis 30:29
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee and how many livestock thou hast with me.
Genesis 31:6
And ye know that with all my strength I have served your father.