^{38 Ref} 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.

^{39 Ref} 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.

^{40 Ref} Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

^{41 Ref} 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.