Genesis 31:40 meaning and explanation

As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Genesis 31:40, Berean Standard Bible

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Jacob is speaking to Laban in the hill country of Gilead, defending twenty years of service as a shepherd for his father-in-law. After Laban accuses him of fleeing secretly and stealing household gods, Jacob recounts the hardship he endured rather than taking from the flock.

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