Genesis 30:27

30:27 But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, ¹  for I have learned by divination ²  that the Lord has blessed me on account of you.”

Genesis 34:23

34:23 If we do so, ³  won’t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”

[30:27]  ¹ tn The words “please stay here” have been supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[30:27]  ² tn Or perhaps “I have grown rich and the Lord has blessed me” (cf. NEB). See J. Finkelstein, “An Old Babylonian Herding Contract and Genesis 31:38f.,” JAOS 88 (1968): 34, n. 19.

[34:23]  ³ tn The words “If we do so” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.