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Genesis 31:15

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31:15Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted25 the money paid for us!26

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  1. 25 Heb “and he devoured, even devouring.” The infinitive absolute (following the finite verb here) is used for emphasis. He sold us and … wasted our money. The precise nature of Rachel’s and Leah’s complaint is not entirely clear. Since Jacob had to work to pay for them, they probably mean that their father has cheated Jacob and therefore cheated them as well. See M. Burrows, “The Complaint of Laban’s Daughters,” 57 (1937): 250–76.
  2. 26 Heb “our money.” The word “money” is used figuratively here; it means the price paid for Leah and Rachel. A literal translation (“our money”) makes it sound as if Laban wasted money that belonged to Rachel and Leah, rather than the money paid for them.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and he has indeed devoured our money.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Does he not regard us as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? For he has sold us and has certainly spent our purchase price.

NLTNew Living Translation

He has reduced our rights to those of foreign women. And after he sold us, he wasted the money you paid him for us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Are we not regarded as foreigners by him, because he has sold us and completely consumed our money?

KJV 1900King James Version

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.