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OET (OET-RV)Let me take my wives that I worked for you for, and take my children so that I can leave, because you yourself knowhow long and hard I’ve worked for you.”
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXXἈπόδος τὰς γυναῖκας μου, καὶ τὰ παιδία μου, περὶ ὧν δεδούλευκά σοι, ἵνα ἀπέλθω· σὺ γὰρ γινώσκεις τὴν δουλείαν, ἣν δεδούλευκά σοι. (Apodos tas gunaikas mou, kai ta paidia mou, peri hōn dedouleuka soi, hina apelthō; su gar ginōskeis taʸn douleian, haʸn dedouleuka soi. )
BrTrRestore my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart, for thou knowest the service wherewith I have served thee.
ULTGive me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, so that I may go. For you yourself know my service that I have served you.”
USTLet me take my wives and my children, whom I have earned by working for you, so that I can leave with them. You yourself know how well I have worked for you.”
BSBGive me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
OEBGive me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, so that I may go; for you know the service which I have rendered you.’
WEBBEGive me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.”
JPSGive me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go; for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.'
ASVGive me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.
DRAGive me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the service that I have rendered thee.
YLTgive up my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I go; for thou — thou hast known my service which I have served thee.'
DrbyGive [me] my wives for whom I have served thee, and my children; that I may go away, for thou knowest my service which I have served thee.
RVGive me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.
WbstrGive me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
KJB-1769Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. (Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee/you, and let me go: for thou/you knowest/know my service which I have done thee/you. )
KJB-1611Giue mee my wiues and my children, for whom I haue serued thee, and let me goe: for thou knowest my seruice which I haue done thee. (Give mee my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee/you, and let me go: for thou/you knowest/know my service which I have done thee/you.)
BshpsGeue me my wyues and my chyldren for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee. (Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee/you, and let me go: for thou/you knowest/know what service I have done thee/you.)
GnvaGiue me my wiues and my children, for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee. (Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee/you, and let me go: for thou/you knowest/know what service I have done thee/you. )
Cvdlgeue me my wyues and my children, (for the which I haue serued the) yt I maye go: for thou knowest, what seruyce I haue done the. (geue me my wives and my children, (for the which I have served the) it I may go: for thou/you knowest, what service I have done them.)
WyclYyue thou to me my wyues and fre children for whiche Y seruede thee, that Y go; forsothe thou knowist the seruyce bi which Y seruede thee. (Yyue thou/you to me my wives and free children for which I servede thee/you, that I go; forsothe thou/you knowest/know the service by which I servede thee/you.)
LuthGib mir meine Weiber und meine Kinder, darum ich dir gedienet habe, daß ich ziehe; denn du weißest meinen Dienst, wie ich dir gedienet habe. (Give to_me my women and my children, therefore I you/to_you served have, that I ziehe; because you weißest my service, like I you/to_you served have.)
ClVgDa mihi uxores, et liberos meos, pro quibus servivi tibi, ut abeam: tu nosti servitutem qua servivi tibi. (Da to_me uxores, and liberos meos, for to_whom servivi tibi, as abeam: you nosti servitutem which servivi tibi. )
30:25-34 After his fourteen years of service, Jacob asked Laban for permission to go home. The two bedouin leaders negotiated politely but remained cautiously on guard. Laban wanted to get more out of Jacob. Jacob wanted to gain his wages by selective breeding.
Alternate translation: “Let me have my wives and my children”
אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָבַ֧דְתִּי אֹֽתְךָ֛ בָּהֵ֖ן
which/who served DOM,you in/on/at/with,them
Alternate translation: “whom I have finished serving you for,”
וְאֵלֵ֑כָה
and,go
Alternate translation: “so that I may leave with them.” or “and let me go with them.” or “so that I can take them with me.”
כִּ֚י אַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתָּ
that/for/because/then/when you(ms) know
Consider whether it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here or to continue the previous sentence. Alternate translation: “because you yourself know”
אֶת עֲבֹדָתִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲבַדְתִּֽיךָ
DOMDOM service,my which/who rendered,you
Alternate translation: “that I have served you well” or “how well I have served you.” or “how faithfully I have worked for you.”
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.
