Genesis 31:43
Laban answered him: The daughters are mine and the children, and thy flocks, and all things that thou seest are mine: what can I do to my children, and grandchildren?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Respondit ei Laban : Filiæ meæ et filii, et greges tui, et omnia quæ cernis, mea sunt : quid possum facere filiis et nepotibus meis ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Λαβὰν εἶπεν τῷ Ἰακώβ Αἱ θυγατέρες σου θυγατέρες μου, καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου υἱοί μου, καὶ τὰ κτήνη σου κτήνη μου, καὶ πάντα ὅσα σὺ ὁρᾷς ἐμά ἐστιν· καὶ ταῖς θυγατράσιν μου τί ποιήσω ταύταις σήμερον ἢ τοῖς τέκνοις ⸂⸆⸃ αὐτῶν οἷς ἔτεκον;
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיַּ֨עַן לָבָ֜ן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶֽל יַעֲקֹ֗ב הַבָּנ֨וֹת בְּנֹתַ֜י וְהַבָּנִ֤ים בָּנַי֙ וְהַצֹּ֣אן צֹאנִ֔י וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה לִי ה֑וּא וְלִבְנֹתַ֞י מָֽה אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֤ה לָאֵ֨לֶּה֙ הַיּ֔וֹם א֥וֹ לִבְנֵיהֶ֖ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלָֽדוּ
Haydock's commentary
Are mine, or proceed from me originally; so that if I were to injure them, I should disregard the dictates of nature. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.