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So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah[a] to come to the field[b] where his flocks were.[c] There he said to them, “I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed,[d] but the God of my father has been with me. You know that I’ve worked for your father as hard as I could,[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:4 tn Heb “sent and called for Rachel and for Leah.” Jacob did not go in person, but probably sent a servant with a message for his wives to meet him in the field.
  2. Genesis 31:4 tn Heb “the field.” The word is an adverbial accusative, indicating that this is where Jacob wanted them to meet him. The words “to come to” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.
  3. Genesis 31:4 tn Heb “to his flock.”
  4. Genesis 31:5 tn Heb “I see the face of your father, that he is not toward me as formerly.”
  5. Genesis 31:6 tn Heb “with all my strength.”