Discovery BoxGenesis 31:10 
Context31:10 “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
Context31:21 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
Context31:23 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.
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.”
