Genesis 31:40
Strong's Lexicon
As it was,
הָיִ֧יתִי (hā·yî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

the heat
חֹ֖רֶב (ḥō·reḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2721: 1) dryness, desolation, drought, heat 1a) dryness 1b) drought 1c) parching heat

consumed me
אֲכָלַ֥נִי (’ă·ḵā·la·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume

by day
בַיּ֛וֹם (ḇay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

and the frost
וְקֶ֣רַח (wə·qe·raḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7140: 1) frost, ice, ice crystal 1a) frost (of night) 1b) ice

by night,
בַּלָּ֑יְלָה (bal·lā·yə·lāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: 1) night 1a) night (as opposed to day) 1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.)

and sleep
שְׁנָתִ֖י (šə·nā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8142: 1) sleep

fled
וַתִּדַּ֥ד (wat·tid·daḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5074: 1) to retreat, flee, depart, move, wander abroad, stray, flutter 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to retreat, flee 1a2) to flee, depart 1a3) to wander, stray 1a4) to flutter (of birds) 1b) (Poal) to flee away, be chased 1c) (Hiphil) to chase away 1d) (Hophal) to be chased away 1e) (Hithpolel) to flee away

from my eyes.
מֵֽעֵינָֽי׃ (mê·‘ê·nāy)
Preposition-m | Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Young's Literal Translation
I have been [thus]: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There I was  — the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

New American Standard Bible
"[Thus] I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

King James Bible
[Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

New Living Translation
"I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.

English Standard Version
There I was: by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

New American Standard Bible
"Thus I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

King James Bible
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There I was--the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

International Standard Version
As it was, I was attacked by drought during the day and by cold at night. I never got any decent rest.

NET Bible
I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.

American Standard Version
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

English Revised Version
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

Young's Literal Translation
I have been thus: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.
















Cross References
Genesis 31:39
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.

Genesis 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.

Deuteronomy 8:15
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

Haggai 1:11
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 31:38
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.

Genesis 31:37
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

Genesis 31:42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Genesis 31:43
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
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