Genesis 30:33
And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.
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Genesis 30:33
And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.
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Genesis 30:30
For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?
Genesis 30:31
And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:
Genesis 30:32
Let me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or coloured or black, and all the marked or coloured goats: these will be my payment.
Genesis 30:33
And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.
Genesis 30:34
And Laban said, Let it be as you say.
Genesis 30:35
So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the she-goats which were marked or coloured or had white marks, and all the black sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons;
Genesis 30:36
And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.
Genesis 30:37
Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.
Genesis 30:38
And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.
Genesis 30:39
And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.
Genesis 30:40
These lambs Jacob kept separate; and he put his flock in a place by themselves and not with Laban's flock.
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Exodus 13:14
And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for this? say to him, By the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt, out of the prison-house:
Deuteronomy 6:20
And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?
Joshua 4:6
So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?
Joshua 22:24
And if we have not, in fact, done this designedly and with purpose, having in our minds the fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?
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1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
1 Samuel 12:4
And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.
Genesis 31:37
Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.
Psalms 37:6
And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.
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