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Selected Verse: Genesis 31:39 - Strong Concordance

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Ge 31:39 Strong Concordance That which was torn [02966] of beasts I brought [0935] not unto thee; I bare the loss [02398] of it; of my hand [03027] didst thou require [01245] it, whether stolen [01589] by day [03117], or stolen [01589] by night [03915].
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee--The shepherds are strictly responsible for losses in the flock, unless they can prove these were occasioned by wild beasts.
 
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13 If it be torn in pieces [02963] [02963], then let him bring [0935] it for witness [05707], and he shall not make good [07999] that which was torn [02966].
10 If a man [0376] deliver [05414] unto his neighbour [07453] an ass [02543], or an ox [07794], or a sheep [07716], or any beast [0929], to keep [08104]; and it die [04191], or be hurt [07665], or driven away [07617], no man seeing [07200] it: