Genesis 31:30

Now I understand that ¹  you have gone away ²  because you longed desperately ³  for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?” ⁴ 

biblegateway Gen 31:30

Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s house. But why did you steal my gods?"

biblegateway Gen 31:30

"Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house; but why did you steal my gods?"

biblegateway Gen 31:30

I know you feel you must go, and you long intensely for your childhood home, but why have you stolen my household gods?"

biblegateway Gen 31:30

I understand. You left because you were homesick. But why did you steal my household gods?"

SABDAweb Gen 31:30

And now, it seems, you are going because your heart’s desire is for your father’s house; but why have you taken my gods?

bibleoremus Gen 31:30

Even though you had to go because you longed greatly for your father’s house, why did you steal my gods?"

biblegateway Gen 31:30

"And now you have surely gone because you greatly long for your father’s house, but why did you steal my gods?"

biblegateway Gen 31:30

Now I understand that ¹  you have gone away ²  because you longed desperately ³  for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?” ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “and now.” The words “I understand that” have been supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

² tn The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the certainty of the action.

³ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the degree of emotion involved.

⁴ sn Yet why did you steal my gods? This last sentence is dropped into the speech rather suddenly. See C. Mabee, “Jacob and Laban: The Structure of Judicial Proceedings,” VT 30 (1980): 192-207, and G. W. Coats, “Self-Abasement and Insult Formulas,” JBL 91 (1972): 90-92.