Genesis 23:9

23:9 if he will sell ¹  me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly ²  for the full price, ³  so that I may own it as a burial site.”

Genesis 27:31

27:31 He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Esau ⁴  said to him, “My father, get up ⁵  and eat some of your son’s wild game. Then you can bless me.” ⁶ 

Genesis 33:14

33:14 Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, ⁷  until I come to my lord at Seir.”

Genesis 38:24

38:24 After three months Judah was told, ⁸  “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, ⁹  and as a result she has become pregnant.” ¹⁰  Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned!”

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¹ tn Heb “give.” This is used here (also a second time later in this verse) as an idiom for “sell”; see the note on the word “grant” in v. 4.

² tn Heb “in your presence.”

³ tn Heb “silver.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he said to his father”; the referent of “he” (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity, while the words “his father” have been replaced by the pronoun “him” for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Or “arise” (i.e., sit up).

⁶ tn Heb “so that your soul may bless me.”

⁷ tn Heb “and I, I will move along according to my leisure at the foot of the property which is before me and at the foot of the children.”

⁸ tn Heb “it was told to Judah, saying.”

⁹ tn Or “has been sexually promiscuous.” The verb may refer here to loose or promiscuous activity, not necessarily prostitution.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and also look, she is with child by prostitution.”