Genesis 31:10

31:10 “Once ¹  during breeding season I saw ²  in a dream that the male goats mating with ³  the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

Genesis 31:21

31:21 He left ⁴  with all he owned. He quickly crossed ⁵  the Euphrates River ⁶  and headed for ⁷  the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:23

31:23 So he took his relatives ⁸  with him and pursued Jacob ⁹  for seven days. ¹⁰  He caught up with ¹¹  him in the hill country of Gilead.

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¹ tn The sentence begins with the temporal indicator, “and it happened at the time of.”

² tn Heb “in the time of the breeding of the flock I lifted up my eyes and I saw.”

³ tn Heb “going up on,” that is, mounting for intercourse.

⁴ tn Heb “and he fled.”

⁵ tn Heb “he arose and crossed.” The first verb emphasizes that he wasted no time in getting across.

⁶ tn Heb “the river”; the referent (the Euphrates) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “he set his face.”

⁸ tn Heb “his brothers.”

⁹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and he pursued after him a journey of seven days.”

¹¹ tn Heb “drew close to.”