Genesis 17:11

17:11 You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder ¹  of the covenant between me and you.

Genesis 21:30

21:30 He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof ²  that I dug this well.” ³ 

Genesis 24:4

24:4 You must go instead to my country and to my relatives ⁴  to find ⁵  a wife for my son Isaac.”

Genesis 28:1

28:1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman! ⁶ 

Genesis 34:15

34:15 We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become ⁷  like us by circumcising ⁸  all your males.

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¹ tn Or “sign.”

² tn Heb “that it be for me for a witness.”

³ sn This well. Since the king wanted a treaty to share in Abraham’s good fortune, Abraham used the treaty to secure ownership of and protection for the well he dug. It would be useless to make a treaty to live in this territory if he had no rights to the water. Abraham consented to the treaty, but added his rider to it.

⁴ tn Heb “for to my country and my relatives you must go.”

⁵ tn Heb “and take.”

⁶ tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

⁷ tn Heb “if you are like us.”

⁸ tn The infinitive here explains how they would become like them.