Genesis 31:23

31:23 So he took his relatives ¹  with him and pursued Jacob ²  for seven days. ³  He caught up with ⁴  him in the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:32

31:32 Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! ⁵  In the presence of our relatives ⁶  identify whatever is yours and take it.” ⁷  (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.) ⁸ 

Genesis 31:37

31:37 When you searched through all my goods, did you find anything that belonged to you? ⁹  Set it here before my relatives and yours, ¹⁰  and let them settle the dispute between the two of us! ¹¹ 

Genesis 31:54

31:54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice ¹²  on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. ¹³  They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

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¹ tn Heb “his brothers.”

² tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “and he pursued after him a journey of seven days.”

⁴ tn Heb “drew close to.”

⁵ tn Heb “With whomever you find your gods, he will not live.”

⁶ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁷ tn Heb “recognize for yourself what is with me and take for yourself.”

⁸ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced here by a vav [ו] conjunction) provides supplemental material that is important to the story. Since this material is parenthetical in nature, it has been placed in parentheses in the translation.

⁹ tn Heb “what did you find from all the goods of your house?”

¹⁰ tn Heb “your relatives.” The word “relatives” has not been repeated in the translation here for stylistic reasons.

¹¹ tn Heb “that they may decide between us two.”

¹² tn The construction is a cognate accusative with the verb, expressing a specific sacrifice.

¹³ tn Heb “bread, food.” Presumably this was a type of peace offering, where the person bringing the offering ate the animal being sacrificed.