Genesis 31:39
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Neither did I shew thee that which the beast had torn; I made good all the damage: whatsoever was lost by theft, thou didst exact it of me:

torn of.

Exodus 22:10,31 If a man deliver ass, ox, sheep, or any beast, to his neighbour's custody, and it die, or be hurt, or be taken by enemies, and no man saw it: . . .

Leviticus 22:8 That which dieth of itself, and that which was taken by a beast, they shall not eat, nor be defiled therewith. I am the Lord.

1 Samuel 17:34,35 And David said to Saul: Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, or a bear, and took a ram out of the midst of the flock: . . .

John 10:12,13 But the hireling and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and flieth: and the wolf casteth and scattereth the sheep, . . .

I bare.

Exodus 22:10-13 If a man deliver ass, ox, sheep, or any beast, to his neighbour's custody, and it die, or be hurt, or be taken by enemies, and no man saw it: . . .

or stolen.

Luke 2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping the night watches over their flock.

Context
Laban Pursues Jacob
38Have I, therefore, been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did not eat: 39Neither did I shew thee that which the beast had torn; I made good all the damage: whatsoever was lost by theft, thou didst exact it of me:40Day and night was I parched with heat, and with frost, and sleep departed from my eyes.…
Cross References
Genesis 31:38
Have I, therefore, been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did not eat:

Genesis 31:40
Day and night was I parched with heat, and with frost, and sleep departed from my eyes.

Lexicon
I did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

bring
הֵבֵ֣אתִי (hê·ḇê·ṯî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

you
אֵלֶ֔יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

anything torn by wild beasts;
טְרֵפָה֙ (ṭə·rê·p̄āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2966: Prey, flocks devoured by animals

I
אָנֹכִ֣י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

bore the loss myself.
אֲחַטֶּ֔נָּה (’ă·ḥaṭ·ṭen·nāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

And you demanded
תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נָּה (tə·ḇaq·šen·nāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after

payment from me
מִיָּדִ֖י (mî·yā·ḏî)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

for what was stolen
גְּנֻֽבְתִ֣י (gə·nuḇ·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1589: To thieve, to deceive

by day
י֔וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

or night.
לָֽיְלָה׃ (lā·yə·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity


Additional Translations
I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.That which was torn of beasts I brought not to you; I bore the loss of it; of my hand did you require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

That which was taken of beasts I brought not to thee; I made good of myself the thefts of the day, and the thefts of the night.

What was torn I have not brought to thee; I had to bear the loss of it: of my hand hast thou required it, [whether] stolen by day or stolen by night.

That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

That which was torn by beasts, I brought not to thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

That which was torn of animals, I didn't bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

the torn I have not brought in unto thee -- I, I repay it -- from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;
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