Now I understand that ¹  you have gone away ²  because you longed desperately ³  for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?” ⁴ 

biblegateway Gen 31:30

"Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house; but why did you steal my gods?"

Now you have gone off because you long for your father--but why have you stolen my gods?"

Now you have left for your father’s home because you were so homesick. But why did you steal my gods?"

biblegateway Gen 31:30

Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s house. But why did you steal my gods?"

And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father's house, but why did you steal my gods?"

bibleoremus Gen 31:30

Even though you had to go because you longed greatly for your father’s house, why did you steal my gods?"

I expect that really you went away because you were homesick and pining for your father's house; but why did you steal my gods?”

biblegateway Gen 31:30

"And now you have surely gone because you greatly long for your father’s house, but why did you steal my gods?"

And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

biblegateway Gen 31:30

Now I understand that ¹  you have gone away ²  because you longed desperately ³  for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?” ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “and now.” The words “I understand that” have been supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

² tn The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the certainty of the action.

³ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the degree of emotion involved.

⁴ sn Yet why did you steal my gods? This last sentence is dropped into the speech rather suddenly. See C. Mabee, “Jacob and Laban: The Structure of Judicial Proceedings,” VT 30 (1980): 192-207, and G. W. Coats, “Self-Abasement and Insult Formulas,” JBL 91 (1972): 90-92.