36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

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.

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.

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36 Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. “What is my crime?” he asked Laban. “How have I wronged(A) you that you hunt me down?(B) 37 Now that you have searched through all my goods, what have you found that belongs to your household?(C) Put it here in front of your relatives(D) and mine, and let them judge between the two of us.(E)

38 “I have been with you for twenty years now.(F) Your sheep and goats have not miscarried,(G) nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.

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