Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
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Interpretation
If Jacob were willingly consumed with heat in the day, and frost by night, to become the son-in-law of Laban, what should we refuse to endure, to become the sons of God? Jacob speaks of God as the God of his father; he thought himself unworthy to be regarded, but was beloved for his father's sake.