And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Are mine, or proceed from me originally; so that if I were to injure them, I should disregard the dictates of nature. (Menochius)