Genesis 31:32

31:32 Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! 1  In the presence of our relatives 2  identify whatever is yours and take it.” 3  (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.) 4 

Genesis 33:11

33:11 Please take my present 5  that was brought to you, for God has been generous 6  to me and I have all I need.” 7  When Jacob urged him, he took it. 8 

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

2 tn Heb “brothers.”

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

4 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.

5 tn Heb “blessing.” It is as if Jacob is trying to repay what he stole from his brother twenty years earlier.

6 tn Or “gracious,” but in the specific sense of prosperity.

7 tn Heb “all.”

8 tn Heb “and he urged him and he took.” The referent of the first pronoun in the sequence (“he”) has been specified as “Jacob” in the translation for clarity.