창세기 31:41 해설: Rashi, Chizkuni, Kli Yakar & Sforno

ותחלף את משכרתי AND THOU HAST CHANGED MY HIRE — You have altered the agreement regarding my hire between us from speckled to spotted and from streaked to grisled.

ושש שנים בצאנך, “and six years for “your” flocks. Under the same terms as those set forth in the Torah for a Jewish servant who has been indentured for a fixed period. (Exodus chapter 21)

“These twenty years to me in your house.” Earlier he said These twenty years I have been with you, and did not mention the word “li” [to me], and also said with you instead of in your house. Because in truth, Jacob was not in Laban’s house except for one month, as it is said and he stayed with him for a month of days, meaning he only dwelt with him in his house for a month of days. But during all the other times, he was dwelling in fields and tents to shepherd Laban’s flock and was not in Laban’s house, as he said I was consumed by heat in the day and frost by night. Therefore he said these twenty years I have been with you but not “in your house.” Nevertheless, even this month of days that he dwelt in the house of this wicked deceiver did not feel like just a few days to him, but rather like a long time because they were days of suffering, which appear as many days. And he said “Woe to me that I dwelled for such a long time with this wicked person,” even though it was brief, to me [li] — meaning in my eyes it weighs as if I had been in his house for all 20 years. Therefore he said these twenty years li [to me] in your house — in truth it wasn’t 20 years but only one month, but to me this month weighs as 20 years, not like my mother said and you shall dwell with him a few days, for perhaps my mother didn’t know the extent of his wickedness, but my heart knows the bitterness of his soul and how much suffering I endured while being with you in your house proper.