27:30 Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left 2 his father’s 3 presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt. 4
1 tn Heb “his city”; the referent (Ephron) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
sn See G. M. Tucker, “The Legal Background of Genesis 23,” JBL 85 (1966):77-84; and M. R. Lehmann, “Abraham’s Purchase of Machpelah and Hittite Law,” BASOR 129 (1953): 15-18.
2 tn The use of the infinitive absolute before the finite form of the verb makes the construction emphatic.
3 tn Heb “the presence of Isaac his father.” The repetition of the proper name (“Isaac”) was
4 tn Heb “and Esau his brother came from his hunt.”