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Gen 30:33 — So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

righteousness		Gen 31:37; 1Sa 26:23; 2Sa 22:21; Psa 37:6
answer		Isa 59:12
in time to come		Heb. to-morrow. Exd 13:14
that shall be		"Supply the ellipsis by inserting ""if found,"" after ""stolen,"" and the sense will be clear."

Correlating Passages

righteousness

	Gen 31:37	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.
	1Sa 26:23	The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into [my] hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.
	2Sa 22:21	The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
	Psa 37:6	And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

answer

Isa 59:12

For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions [are] with us; and [as for] our iniquities, we know them;

in time to come

Exd 13:14

And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [is] this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 30:33," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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