30:25 After Rachel had given birth 1 to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send 2 me on my way so that I can go 3 home to my own country. 4
1 tn The perfect verbal form is translated as a past perfect because Rachel’s giving birth to Joseph preceded Jacob’s conversation with Laban.
2 tn The imperatival form here expresses a request.
3 tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.
4 tn Heb “to my place and to my land.”