Genesis 30:31

Context

30:31 So Laban asked,¹ “What should I give you?” “You don’t need to give me a thing,”² Jacob replied,³ “but if you agree to this one condition,⁴ I will continue to care for⁵ your flocks and protect them:

[30:31] ¹tn Heb “and he said.” The referent (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[30:31] ²tn The negated imperfect verbal form has an obligatory nuance.

[30:31] ³tn The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:31] ⁴tn Heb “If you do for me this thing.”

[30:31] ⁵tn Heb “I will return, I will tend,” an idiom meaning “I will continue tending.”