Genesis 24:31 New English Translation
31 Laban said to him,[a] “Come, you who are blessed by the Lord![b] Why are you standing out here when I have prepared[c] the house and a place for the camels?”
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- Genesis 24:31 tn Heb “and he said.” The referent (Laban) has been specified and the words “to him” supplied in the translation for clarity.
- Genesis 24:31 sn Laban’s obsession with wealth is apparent; to him it represents how one is blessed by the Lord. Already the author is laying the foundation for subsequent events in the narrative, where Laban’s greed becomes his dominant characteristic.
- Genesis 24:31 tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial.
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