Genesis 31:15-17

31:15 Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted ¹  the money paid for us! ²  31:16 Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you.”

31:17 So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “and he devoured, even devouring.” The infinitive absolute (following the finite verb here) is used for emphasis.

² tn Heb “our money.” The word “money” is used figuratively here; it means the price paid for Leah and Rachel. A literal translation (“our money”) makes it sound as if Laban wasted money that belonged to Rachel and Leah, rather than the money paid for them.

³ tn Heb “and Jacob arose and he lifted up his sons and his wives on to the camels.”