창세기 31:5의 주석

ואלוקי אבי היה עמדי, even though Lavan’s attitude to me was hostile. I did not steal anything from him, but G’d was with me and He gave it to me.

ויאמר להן ראה אני פני אביכם, He said to them: "I look upon the face of your father, etc." Jacob invited his wives to give him a reasonable sounding explanation for their father's recent hostility topwards him. In the event that his wives would justify their father's attitude by the fact that Jacob had become wealthier than their father, Jacob added "G'd was with me." He told them that his new wealth was a blessing by G'd not the result of competing with their father.

ואלוקי אבי היה עמדי, he, Lavan, hates me on account of my having become wealthier than he is. This is not because I aimed to be so wealthy but because the G’d of my father was with me and made me so successful in my endeavours.

An dem Gesichte eures Vaters sehe ich, wie Gott mir beigestanden, indem ich nur seinem Beistande es verdanke, dass es mir nicht bereits ärger ergangen.