Genesis 30:31 New English Translation
31 So Laban asked,[a] “What should I give you?” “You don’t need to give me a thing,”[b] Jacob replied,[c] “but if you agree to this one condition,[d] I will continue to care for[e] your flocks and protect them:
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- Genesis 30:31 tn Heb “and he said.” The referent (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Genesis 30:31 tn The negated imperfect verbal form has an obligatory nuance.
- Genesis 30:31 tn The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Genesis 30:31 tn Heb “If you do for me this thing.”
- Genesis 30:31 tn Heb “I will return, I will tend,” an idiom meaning “I will continue tending.”
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