GEN 30:27 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Then Laban said to him, “Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes. I have learned by divination that Yahweh has blessed me because of you.”

UST But Laban responded to him, “Please be kind to me and stay, because I have found out from observing signs that Yahweh has blessed me because you are here with me.”

BSB § But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”

OEB But Laban said to him, ‘If now I have found favour in your eyes — I have divined that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.

WEB Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake.”

WMB Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that the LORD has blessed me for your sake.”

NET But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you.”

LSV And Laban says to him, “Now if I have found grace in your eyes—I have observed diligently that YHWH blesses me for your sake.”

FBV “Please be so kind as to stay,” Laban replied, “because I have discovered[fn] that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”

30:27 “Discovered”: or “learned by divination.”

T4T But Laban said to him, “If you are pleased with me, stay here, because I have found out by performing a magic ritual that Yahweh has blessed me because of what you have done for me.

LEB But Laban said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, I have learned by divination that Yahweh has blessed me because of you.”

BBE And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.

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JPS And Laban said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes — I have observed the signs, and the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.'

ASV And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined that Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake.

DRA Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.

YLT And Laban saith unto him, 'If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes — I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.'

DBY And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes — I have discovered that Jehovah has blessed me for thy sake.

RV And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

WBS And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience, that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

KJB And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
(And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine/your eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath/has blessed me for thy/your sake. )

BB To whom Laban aunswered: I pray thee, yf I haue founde fauour in thy syght tary: for I haue proued that the Lorde blessed me for thy sake.
(To whom Laban answered: I pray thee, if I have found fauour in thy/your sight tary: for I have proued that the Lord blessed me for thy/your sake.)

GNV To whom Laban answered, If I haue nowe found fauour in thy sight tarie: I haue perceiued that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.
(To whom Laban answered, If I have now found fauour in thy/your sight tarie: I have perceived that the Lord hath/has blessed me for thy/your sake. )

CB Laban sayde vnto him: Can I not fynde fauoure in thy sight? I perceaue, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.
(Laban said unto him: Can I not find favour in thy/your sight? I perceaue, that God hath/has blessed me for thy/your sake.)

WYC Laban seide to hym, Fynde Y grace in thi siyt, Y haue lerned bi experience that God blesside me for thee;
(Laban said to him, Fynde I grace in thy/your siyt, I have lerned by experience that God blessed me for thee;)

LUT Laban sprach zu ihm: Laß mich Gnade vor deinen Augen finden. Ich spüre, daß mich der HErr segnet um deinetwillen.
(Laban spoke to ihm: Laß me Gnade before/in_front_of deinen Augen finden. I spüre, that me the LORD segnet around/by/for deinetwillen.)

CLV Ait illi Laban: Inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo, experimento didici, quia benedixerit mihi Deus propter te:
(Ait illi Laban: Inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo, experimento didici, because benedixerit to_me God propter te: )

BRN And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in thy sight, [fn]I would augur well, for the Lord has blessed me at thy coming in.

30:27 Stay thou, perhaps understood. Heb. I have argued that, etc.

BrLXX Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Λάβαν, εἰ εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον σου, οἰωνισάμην ἄν· εὐλόγησε γάρ με ὁ Θεὸς ἐπὶ τῇ σῇ εἰσόδῳ.
(Eipe de autōi Laban, ei heuron ⱪarin enantion sou, oiōnisamaʸn an; eulogaʸse gar me ho Theos epi taʸ saʸ eisodōi. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

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.”

Parallel GEN 30:27