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# Laban said to him
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"Laban said to Jacob"
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# If now I have found favor in your eyes
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The eyes represent seeing, and seeing represents thoughts or judgment. Alternate translation: "If I have found favor with you" or "If you are pleased with me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# found favor
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This is an idiom that means that someone is approved of by someone else. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# wait, because
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"please stay, because"
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# I have learned by using divination
"I have discovered by my own spiritual and magical practices"
# for your sake
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"because of you"
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