Text -- Genesis 30:31 (NET)

30:31 So Laban asked, “What should I give you?” “You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied, “but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 30:31

¹ tn Heb “and he said.” The referent (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn The negated imperfect verbal form has an obligatory nuance.

³ tn The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “If you do for me this thing.”

⁵ tn Heb “I will return, I will tend,” an idiom meaning “I will continue tending.”