Footnotes

1. Genesis 30:31 tn Heb “and he said.” The referent (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2. Genesis 30:31 tn The negated imperfect verbal form has an obligatory nuance.
3. Genesis 30:31 tn The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4. Genesis 30:31 tn Heb “If you do for me this thing.”
5. Genesis 30:31 tn Heb “I will return, I will tend,” an idiom meaning “I will continue tending.”