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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to_him/it Lāⱱān if please I_have_found favour in/on/at/with_eyes_you I_have_learned_by_divination and_blessed_me Yahweh in/on/at/with_because_of_you.
OET (OET-RV) But Lavan replied, “Please stay, if I’ve found favour in your eyes because I’ve learned by divination that Yahweh has blessed me because of you.”
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ לָבָ֔ן
and=he/it_said to=him/it Lāⱱān
Alternate translation: “But Laban responded to Jacob,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אִם נָ֛א מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ
if now found graciousness/kindness/favour/beauty in/on/at/with,eyes,you
Alternate translation: “If you are pleased with me, please stay,” or “Please be gracious to me and stay,” or “Please do me a favor and do not go,”
נִחַ֕שְׁתִּי
learned_by_divination
The word divination refers to trying to find out information by looking at signs (omens) and interpreting them either by God’s power (Gen 44:5, 15) or by witchcraft and false gods (Ezekiel 21:21). Laban may have consulted his household gods (mentioned in Gen 31:19, 30). It could also be that Laban meant that he had figured this out simply by observing how God had blessed him through Jacob’s expert tending of his flocks. Alternate translation: “because I have learned from experience”
וַיְבָרֲכֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֖ה
and,blessed,me YHWH
Alternate translation: “that Yahweh has caused me to prosper”
בִּגְלָלֶֽךָ
in/on/at/with,because_of,you
Alternate translation: “because you have been working for me.”
30:27 I have become wealthy: God had prospered Laban through Jacob’s presence (see 22:18). Laban may have looked for omens, or simply have perceived what was happening. Since dark-colored sheep (30:32) were rare, a large number of them was considered an omen of God’s blessing.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to_him/it Lāⱱān if please I_have_found favour in/on/at/with_eyes_you I_have_learned_by_divination and_blessed_me Yahweh in/on/at/with_because_of_you.
OET (OET-RV) But Lavan replied, “Please stay, if I’ve found favour in your eyes because I’ve learned by divination that Yahweh has blessed me because of you.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.