And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
The children are tender. From a comparison of Genesis 30:41 with Genesis 39:20-23, it appears that Reuben was about twelve years of age, Simeon eleven, Levi ten, Joseph was only six, and Dinah only a little older.
Flocks and herds with young - literally, flocks and herds that are milking, suckling (cf. Isaiah 40:11).