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ULT Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he sold us, and he has indeed completely eaten up our silver.
UST It is obvious that he treats us like strangers and not family. For example, he sold us to you, and then he spent all the money that should have been ours.
BSB Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.
OEB Are we not considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us and goes on to consume the money paid for us.
WEB Aren’t we considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us, and has also used up our money.
NET Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!
LSV Have we not been reckoned strangers to him? For he has sold us, and he also utterly consumes our money;
FBV “He treats us like foreigners because he sold us to you, and now he's spent all that money.
T4T He treats us as though we were foreigners [RHQ]! Your working for him all these years was like a payment that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all!
LEB Are we not regarded as foreigners by him, because he has sold us and completely consumed our money?
BBE Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.
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JPS Are we not accounted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our price.
ASV Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.
DRA Hath he not counted us as strangers and sold us, and eaten up the price of us?
YLT have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money;
DBY Are we not reckoned of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has even constantly devoured our money.
RV Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.
WBS Are we not counted by him strangers; for he hath sold us, and hath quite consumed also our money.
KJB Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. (Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath/has sold us, and hath/has quite devoured also our money. )
BB Doth not he count vs euen as straungers? for he hath solde vs, & hath quite deuoured also our money. (Doth not he count us even as strangers? for he hath/has sold us, and hath/has quite deuoured also our money.)
GNV Doeth not he count vs as strangers? for he hath solde vs, and hath eaten vp and consumed our money. (Doeth not he count us as strangers? for he hath/has sold us, and hath/has eaten up and consumed our money. )
CB & he hath couted vs as straugers, for he hath solde vs, & spent vp or wages. (& he hath/has couted us as straugers, for he hath/has sold us, and spent up or wages.)
WYC Wher he `arettide not vs as aliens, and selde, and eet oure prijs? (Wher he `arettide not us as aliens, and selde, and eet our prijs?)
LUT Hat er uns doch gehalten als die Fremden; denn er hat uns verkauft und unsern Lohn verzehret. (Hat he uns though/but gehalten als the Fremden; because he has uns verkauft and unsern Lohn verzehret.)
CLV nonne quasi alienas reputavit nos, et vendidit, comeditque pretium nostrum? (nonne as_if alienas reputavit nos, and vendidit, comeditque pretium nostrum? )
BRN Are we not considered strangers by him? for he has sold us, and quite devoured our money.
BrLXX Οὐχ ὡς αἱ ἀλλότριαι λελογίσμεθα αὐτῷ; πέπρακε γὰρ ἡμᾶς, καὶ καταβρώσει κατέφαγε τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν. (Ouⱪ hōs hai allotriai lelogismetha autōi; peprake gar haʸmas, kai katabrōsei katefage to argurion haʸmōn. )
31:1-21 Jacob’s return journey precipitated a confrontation with Laban that set a permanent boundary between Israel (Jacob) and Aram (Laban). God kept his word to Jacob by prospering him in Paddan-aram and protecting him on his journey home.
This rhetorical question expects the answer “yes” and expresses Rachel's and Leah’s anger at how their father treats them. Consider whether or not it is natural in your language to use a rhetorical question here. Alternate translation: “It is obvious that he regards us” or “He obviously is treating us”
נָכְרִיּ֛וֹת
foreigners
Make sure that the punctuation you use here fits with how you translate this rhetorical question. Alternate translation: “like outsiders and not family” or “as if we were foreigners instead of family”
כִּ֣י מְכָרָ֑נוּ
that/for/because/then/when sold,us
This sentence is an example of how Laban treated his daughters like foreigners. Alternate translation: “After all, he sold us to you,”
The phrase eaten up is used here as an idiom that means Laban had spent or kept for himself all the wealth he had gained from Jacob’s 14 years of working for him. Many languages have a similar idiom that could be used here. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “and then he used up all”
In that culture at that time, silver was a currency used to buy and sell things. Alternate translation: “the wealth that should have been ours.” or “the money that belonged to us.”
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.
