en_tn/gen/31/38.md

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  • Jacob continues to speak to Laban.
  • Twenty years - "20 years" (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:translate_numbers)
  • ewes - female sheep.
  • miscarried - to have a pregnancy end early and unexpectedly
  • What was torn by beasts I did not bring to you - Alternate translation: "When a wild animal killed one of your animals I did not bring it to you." (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive)
  • Instead, I bore the loss of it. - "Instead of counting it a loss from your flock, I counted it as a loss from my flock."
  • There I was; in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night - "I stayed with your flocks even during hottest part of the day and the coldest part of the night."