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
And I have been twenty years in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six for your flocks. And you have changed my wages ten times.
Ewes
Genesis 30:27
And Laban said to him, Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay. For I have seen omens, that Jehovah has blessed me for your sake.
Exodus 23:26
Nothing shall cast their young, nor be barren in your land. The number of your days I will fulfill.
Deuteronomy 28:4
The fruit of your body shall be blessed, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your cows, and the flocks of your sheep.
The rams
Ezekiel 34:2
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, So says the Lord Jehovah to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
General references
Genesis 30:29
He said to him, You know how I have served you, and what your cattle has become with me.
Genesis 31:6
And you know that with all my power I have served your father,