Kejadian 30:32-35

30:32 Let me walk among ¹  all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, ²  and the spotted or speckled goats. ³  These animals will be my wages. ⁴  30:33 My integrity will testify for me ⁵  later on. ⁶  When you come to verify that I’ve taken only the wages we agreed on, ⁷  if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen.” ⁸  30:34 “Agreed!” said Laban, “It will be as you say.” ⁹ 

30:35 So that day Laban ¹⁰  removed the male goats that were streaked or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted (all that had any white on them), and all the dark-colored lambs, and put them in the care ¹¹  of his sons.

[30:32]  ¹ tn Heb “pass through.”

[30:32]  ² tn Or “every black lamb”; Heb “and every dark sheep among the lambs.”

[30:32]  ³ tn Heb “and the spotted and speckled among the goats.”

[30:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “and it will be my wage.” The referent collective singular pronoun (“it) has been specified as “these animals” in the translation for clarity.

[30:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “will answer on my behalf.”

[30:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “on the following day,” or “tomorrow.”

[30:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “when you come concerning my wage before you.”

[30:33]  sn Only the wage we agreed on. Jacob would have to be considered completely honest here, for he would have no control over the kind of animals born; and there could be no disagreement over which animals were his wages.

[30:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “every one which is not speckled and spotted among the lambs and dark among the goats, stolen it is with me.”

[30:34]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Laban said, ‘Good, let it be according to your word.’” On the asseverative use of the particle לוּ (lu) here, see HALOT 521 s.v. לוּ.

[30:35]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[30:35]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he gave [them] into the hand.”