Genesis 30:31

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 for ⁵  your flocks and protect them:

Genesis 41:48

41:48 Joseph ⁶  collected all the excess food ⁷  in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. ⁸  In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.

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

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

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

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

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

[41:48]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[41:48]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the food.”

[41:48]  ⁸ tn Heb “of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt and placed food in the cities.”