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 31:43

31:43 Laban replied ⁴  to Jacob, “These women ⁵  are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, ⁶  and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today ⁷  or the children to whom they have given birth?

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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 “answered and said.”

⁵ tn Heb “daughters.”

⁶ tn Heb “children.”

⁷ tn Heb “but to my daughters what can I do to these today?”