30:26 Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you.53 Then I’ll depart,54 because you know how hard I’ve worked for you.”55
tnHeb “give my wives and my children, for whom I have served you.” In one sense Laban had already “given” Jacob his two daughters as wives (Gen 29:21, 28). Here Jacob was asking for permission to take his own family along with him on the journey back to Canaan.
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tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.
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tnHeb “for you, you know my service [with] which I have served you.”