Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
41. ten times ] Cf. Gen 31:7.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 41. Twenty years] See the remarks at the end. See Clarke on Ge 31:55.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house,…. Attended with these difficulties, inconveniencies, and hardships;
I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters; Rachel and Leah; first seven years for Rachel; and having Leah imposed upon him instead of her, was obliged to serve seven years more, which he did for her sake; whereas he ought to have given them, and a dowry with them, to one who was heir to the land of Canaan, and not have exacted servitude of him:
and six years for thy cattle, to have as many of them for his hire, as were produced from a flock of white sheep, that were speckled, spotted, or ringstraked, or brown:
and thou hast changed my wages ten times; [See comments on Ge 31:7];
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(41) Thus have I been . . . Heb., This for me twenty years in thy house, but taken in connection with the preceding this, in Gen. 31:38, the meaning is During the one twenty years that I was with thee, thy ewes, &c., upon which follows During the other twenty years that were for me in thy house, I served thee, &c. (See Note on Gen. 29:27, and Excursus on the Chronology of Jacobs Life.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 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 cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Ver. 41. I served thee fourteen years, &c. ] If all this, to be son-in-law to Laban; what should not we do, or suffer gladly, to be the sons of God?
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
fourteen: Gen 31:38, Gen 29:18-30, Gen 30:33-40, 1Co 15:10, 2Co 11:26
ten times: Gen 31:7
Reciprocal: Gen 29:21 – my days Gen 29:30 – served Gen 30:26 – my wives Gen 31:15 – sold us Gen 34:12 – dowry Num 14:22 – ten times Neh 4:12 – ten times Son 5:2 – my head Hos 3:2 – I bought Hos 12:12 – served Zec 8:23 – ten men