24:31 Laban said to him,56 “Come, you who are blessed by the Lord!57 Why are you standing out here when I have prepared58 the house and a place for the camels?”
tnHeb “and he said.” The referent (Laban) has been specified and the words “to him” supplied in the translation for clarity.
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sn Laban’s obsession with wealth is apparent; to him it represents how one is blessed by theLord. Already the author is laying the foundation for subsequent events in the narrative, where Laban’s greed becomes his dominant characteristic.