31:3 The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers 1 and to your relatives. I will be with you.” 2
[31:3] 1 tn Or perhaps “ancestors” (so NRSV), although the only “ancestors” Jacob had there were his grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac.
[31:3] 2 sn I will be with you. Though Laban was no longer “with him,” the Lord promised to be.
