²⁹ Jacob said to him, “You know how I have worked for you^(A) and how your livestock has fared under my care.^(B)

³⁸ “I have been with you for twenty years now.^(A) Your sheep and goats have not miscarried,^(B) nor have I eaten rams from your flocks. ³⁹ I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen^(C) by day or night.^{(D) 40} This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.^{(E) 41} It was like this for the twenty years^(F) I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters^(G) and six years for your flocks,^(H) and you changed my wages^(I) ten times.^(J)