56 Heb “and now.” The words “I understand that” have been supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
57 The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the certainty of the action.
58 The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the degree of emotion involved.
59 Yet why did you steal my gods? This last sentence is dropped into the speech rather suddenly. See C. Mabee, “Jacob and Laban: The Structure of Judicial Proceedings,” 30 (1980): 192–207, and G. W. Coats, “Self-Abasement and Insult Formulas,” 91 (1972): 90–92.

In other versions

And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house, but why did you steal my gods?”

Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?”

Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s family—but why have you stolen my gods?”

I can understand your feeling that you must go, and your intense longing for your father’s home. But why have you stolen my gods?”

Now, you have surely gone because you desperately longed for the house of your father, but why did you steal my gods?”

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

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