Jacob continues to speak to Laban.

## These twenty years ##

"These last 20 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

## fourteen years ##

"14 years"

## changed my wages ten times ##

See how you translated this in [Genesis 31:7](./07.md).

## and the one Isaac fears ##

"and the same God my father Isaac fears"

## sent me away empty-handed ##

Alternate translation: "with absolutely nothing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])