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, "Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, I have learned by divination that Yahweh has blessed me because of you."
Exodus 23:26
There will be no one suffering miscarriage or infertile in your land. I will make full the number of your days.
Deuteronomy 28:4
"Blessed will be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your livestock, {the calf of your cattle and the lambs of your flock}.

The rams

Ezekiel 34:2
"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and you must say to them, to the shepherds, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Woe [to] the shepherds of Israel who were feeding themselves! Must not the shepherds feed the flock?

General references

Genesis 30:29
Then he said to him, "You yourself know how I have served you and how your livestock have been with me.
Genesis 31:6
Now you yourselves know that I have served your father with all my strength,