46:1 So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. 3 When he came to Beer Sheba 4 he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
1 tn Heb “and he put a journey of three days between himself and Jacob.”
sn Three days’ traveling distance from Jacob. E. A. Speiser observes, “Laban is delighted with the terms, and promptly proceeds to violate the spirit of the bargain by removing to a safe distance all the grown animals that would be likely to produce the specified spots” (Genesis [AB], 238). Laban apparently thought that by separating out the spotted, striped, and dark colored animals he could minimize the production of spotted, striped, or dark offspring that would then belong to Jacob.
2 tn The disjunctive clause (introduced by the vav with subject) is circumstantial/temporal; Laban removed the animals while Jacob was taking care of the rest.
3 tn Heb “and Israel journeyed, and all that was his.”
4 sn Beer Sheba. See Gen 21:31; 28:10.