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Genesis 30:27

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30:27But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here,56 for I have learned by divination57 that the Lord has blessed me on account of you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 56 The words “please stay here” have been supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
  2. 57 Or perhaps “I have grown rich and the Lord has blessed me” (cf. ). See J. Finkelstein, “An Old Babylonian Herding Contract and Genesis 31:38f.,” 88 (1968): 34, n. 19.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor with you, stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Please listen to me,” Laban replied. “I have become wealthy, for the Lord has blessed me because of you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.