Genesis 31:38-40

Good News Translation

³⁸ I have been with you now for twenty years; your sheep and your goats have not failed to reproduce, and I have not eaten any rams from your flocks. ³⁹ Whenever a sheep was killed by wild animals, I always bore the loss myself. I didn't take it to you to show that it was not my fault. You demanded that I make good anything that was stolen during the day or during the night. ⁴⁰ Many times I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was not able to sleep.