Genesis 21:23

21:23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name ¹  that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. ²  Show me, and the land ³  where you are staying, ⁴  the same loyalty ⁵  that I have shown you.” ⁶ 

Genesis 31:27

31:27 Why did you run away secretly ⁷  and deceive me? ⁸  Why didn’t you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps? ⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “And now swear to me by God here.”

² tn Heb “my offspring and my descendants.”

³ tn The word “land” refers by metonymy to the people in the land.

⁴ tn The Hebrew verb means “to stay, to live, to sojourn” as a temporary resident without ownership rights.

⁵ tn Or “kindness.”

⁶ tn Heb “According to the loyalty which I have done with you, do with me and with the land in which you are staying.”

⁷ tn Heb “Why did you hide in order to flee?” The verb “hide” and the infinitive “to flee” form a hendiadys, the infinitive becoming the main verb and the other the adverb: “flee secretly.”

⁸ tn Heb “and steal me.”

⁹ tn Heb “And [why did] you not tell me so I could send you off with joy and with songs, with a tambourine and with a harp?”