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OET (OET-LV) If_not the_god_of father_of_my the_god_of ʼAⱱrāhām and_fear_of Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) he_had_been to_me if/because now empty sent_away_me DOM affliction_of_my and_DOM the_toil_of[fn] hands_of_my god he_has_seen and_rebuked last_night.
31:42 Note: We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHS.
OET (OET-RV) If my father’s God—the God of Abraham and the one Yitshak respected—had not been with me, surely you would have sent me away empty-handed now. God has seen my suffering and my hard work, and last night, he rebuked you.”
לוּלֵ֡י אֱלֹהֵ֣י אָבִי֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י אַבְרָהָ֜ם וּפַ֤חַד יִצְחָק֙
if_~_not god_of father_of,my god_of ʼAⱱrāhām and,fear_of Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac)
The phrase the Fear of Isaac is a title for God that is ambiguous in Hebrew (and English). It could mean: (1) “the One/God whom Isaac fears/reveres” or (2) “Isaac’s God whom people/others are afraid/terrified of”. The interpretation that is not used in your translation could be put in a footnote. Make sure it is clear in your translation that Jacob is only talking about one God in this verse, not two or three. Also notice that my father and Isaac both refer to Jacob’s father Isaac, not two different people. Alternate translation: “If God, the Awesome One, whom my father Isaac and grandfather Abraham serve” or “If God, whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac serve and fear”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo
לוּלֵ֡י & הָ֣יָה לִ֔י
if_~_not & it_became to=me
Make sure it is clear in your translation that the events in this sentence are contrary-to-fact (hypothetical) and imply that God actually had been with Jacob, so that Laban did not send him away empty-handed. Alternate translation: “had not been with me protecting me and guiding me,”
כִּ֥י עַתָּ֖ה & שִׁלַּחְתָּ֑נִי
that/for/because/then/when now & sent_~_away,me
Alternate translation: “you would certainly be sending me away now” or “there is no question that I would now be leaving here”
רֵיקָ֣ם
empty-handed
Alternate translation: “without anything at all.”
אֶת־עָנְיִ֞י & רָאָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים
DOM affliction_of,my & seen ʼElohīm
Alternate translation: “But God knows how much I have suffered under you” or “But God knows how much you have oppressed me”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
וְאֶת־יְגִ֧יעַ כַּפַּ֛י
and=DOM labour_of hands_of,my
Alternate translation: “and the hard work I did with my hands for you,”
וַיּ֥וֹכַח אָֽמֶשׁ
and,rebuked last_night
See how you translated “judge” in verse 37. It may be necessary to translate this word in different ways, depending on the context. Alternate translation: “so last night he judged against you in my favor.”
31:42 The God that Isaac feared (see textual note) was with Jacob (31:3), had seen his hard work and faithfulness despite Laban’s abuse, and had rewarded Jacob. Laban’s dream only proved to Jacob that he was in the right.
OET (OET-LV) If_not the_god_of father_of_my the_god_of ʼAⱱrāhām and_fear_of Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) he_had_been to_me if/because now empty sent_away_me DOM affliction_of_my and_DOM the_toil_of[fn] hands_of_my god he_has_seen and_rebuked last_night.
31:42 Note: We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHS.
OET (OET-RV) If my father’s God—the God of Abraham and the one Yitshak respected—had not been with me, surely you would have sent me away empty-handed now. God has seen my suffering and my hard work, and last night, he rebuked 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 Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.