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, and served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy sheep, and thou hast changed my reward ten times.

Ewes

Genesis 30:27
Then said Laban unto him, "If I have found favour in thy sight - for I suppose that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake -
Exodus 23:26
"Moreover there shall be no woman childless or unfruitful in thy land, and the number of thy days I will fulfill.
Deuteronomy 28:4
blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattle, the fruit of thine oxen, and thy flocks of sheep;

The rams

Ezekiel 34:2
"Thou son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and speak unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Woe be unto the shepherds of Israel, that feed themselves. Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

General references

Genesis 30:29
But he said unto him, "Thou knowest what service I have done thee, and in what taking thy cattle have been under me:
Genesis 31:6
And ye know how that I have served your father with all my might.