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BSB § Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
OEB Then Jacob said to Laban, ‘Give me my wife, for my time is up, and let me marry her.’
WEB Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”
WMB (Same as above)
NET Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. I want to have marital relations with her.”
LSV And Jacob says to Laban, “Give up my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I go in to her”;
FBV Then Jacob said to Laban, “I've completed the time we agreed. Now give me your daughter to be my wife.”
T4T After the seven years were ended, Jacob said to Laban, “Let me marry Rachel now, because the time we agreed upon for me to work for you is ended, and I want to marry her. [EUP]”
LEB And Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, that I may go in to her, for my time[fn] is completed.”
BBE Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.
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JPS And Jacob said unto Laban: 'Give me my wife, for my days are filled, that I may go in unto her.'
ASV And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
DRA And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
YLT And Jacob saith unto Laban, 'Give up my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I go in unto her;'
Drby And Jacob said to Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.
RV And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
Wbstr And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife (for my days are fulfilled) that I may go in to her.
KJB-1769 ¶ And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
KJB-1611 ¶ And Iacob said vnto Laban, Giue me my wife (for my dayes are fulfilled) that I may goe in vnto her.
(Modernised spelling is same as used by KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps And Iacob said vnto Laban: geue me my wife that I may lye with her, for my dayes are fulfylled.
(And Yacob said unto Laban: give me my wife that I may lye with her, for my days are fulfilled.)
Gnva Then Iaakob sayde to Laban, Giue me my wife, that I may goe in to her: for my terme is ended.
(Then Yacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, that I may go in to her: for my terme is ended.)
Cvdl And Iacob saide vnto Laban: geue me my wyfe, for the tyme is come that I shulde lye with her.
(And Yacob said unto Laban: give me my wife, for the time is come that I should lye with her.)
Wyc And he seide to Laban, Yyue thou my wijf to me, for the tyme is fillid that Y entre to hir.
(And he said to Laban, Yyue thou/you my wife to me, for the time is filled that I enter to her.)
Luth Und Jakob sprach zu Laban: Gib mir nun mein Weib; denn die Zeit ist hie, daß ich beiliege.
(And Yakob spoke to Laban: Give to_me now my Weib; because the time is hie, that I beiliege.)
ClVg Dixitque ad Laban: Da mihi uxorem meam: quia jam tempus impletum est, ut ingrediar ad illam.
(And_he_said to Laban: Da to_me wife meam: because yam tempus impletum it_is, as ingrediar to illam.)
BrTr And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.
BrLXX Εἶπε δὲ Ἰακὼβ τῷ Λάβαν, δός μοι τὴν γυναῖκά μου, πεπλήρωνται γὰρ αἱ ἡμέραι ὅπως εἰσέλθω πρὸς αὐτήν.
(Eipe de Yakōb tōi Laban, dos moi taʸn gunaika mou, peplaʸrōntai gar hai haʸmerai hopōs eiselthō pros autaʸn.)
UTN uW Translation Notes:
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֤ב אֶל לָבָן֙
and=he/it_said Yaakob to/towards Lāⱱān
Alternate translation: “After that, Jacob requested of Laban,”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
הָבָ֣ה אֶת אִשְׁתִּ֔י כִּ֥י מָלְא֖וּ יָמָ֑י וְאָב֖וֹאָה אֵלֶֽיהָ
come=now! DOM wife,my that/for/because/then/when completed time,my and,go_in to,her
Consider what is the best order for the clauses in this sentence in your language. Also make sure that Jacob’s request here sounds polite in your translation, not rude or demanding. It should also not sound like he was begging or pleading. Alternate translation: “Please let me marry your daughter Rachel now so that I can live with her as my wife, because I have finished my seven years of service for you.” or “I have fulfilled the seven years of service that we agreed on, so please let me have your daughter Rachel so that I can marry her and live with her.”
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Genesis 21-35
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.