Genesis 12:19

12:19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her ¹  to be my wife? ²  Here is your wife! ³  Take her and go!” ⁴ 

Genesis 28:4

28:4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham ⁵  so that you may possess the land ⁶  God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.” ⁷ 

Genesis 44:31

44:31 When he sees the boy is not with us, ⁸  he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.

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¹ tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive here expresses consequence.

² tn Heb “to me for a wife.”

³ tn Heb “Look, your wife!”

⁴ tn Heb “take and go.”

⁵ tn Heb “and may he give to you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you.” The name “Abraham” is an objective genitive here; this refers to the blessing that God gave to Abraham.

⁶ tn The words “the land” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “the land of your sojournings,” that is, the land where Jacob had been living as a resident alien, as his future descendants would after him.

⁸ tn Heb “when he sees that there is no boy.”