Genesis 24:54

24:54 After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. ¹ 

When they got up in the morning, he said, “Let me leave now so I can return to my master.” ² 

Genesis 24:56

24:56 But he said to them, “Don’t detain me – the Lord ³  has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return ⁴  to my master.”

Genesis 28:2

28:2 Leave immediately ⁵  for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

Genesis 28:15

28:15 I am with you! ⁶  I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”

Genesis 31:13

31:13 I am the God of Bethel, ⁷  where you anointed ⁸  the sacred stone and made a vow to me. ⁹  Now leave this land immediately ¹⁰  and return to your native land.’”

Genesis 42:33

42:33 “Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain ¹¹  for your hungry households and go.

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¹ tn Heb “And they ate and drank, he and the men who [were] with him and they spent the night.”

² tn Heb “Send me away to my master.”

³ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial, indicating a reason for the preceding request.

⁴ tn After the preceding imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

⁵ tn Heb “Arise! Go!” The first of the two imperatives is adverbial and stresses the immediacy of the departure.

⁶ tn Heb “Look, I [am] with you.” The clause is a nominal clause; the verb to be supplied could be present (as in the translation) or future, “Look, I [will be] with you” (cf. NEB).

⁷ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁸ sn You anointed the sacred stone. In Gen 28:18 the text simply reported that Jacob poured oil on top of the stone. Now that pouring is interpreted by the Lord as an anointing. Jacob had consecrated the place.

⁹ sn And made a vow to me. The second clause reminds Jacob of the vow he made to the Lord when he anointed the stone (Gen 28:20-22). God is now going to take him back to the land, and so he will have to fulfill his vow.

¹⁰ tn Heb “arise, leave!” The first imperative draws attention to the need for immediate action.

sn Leave this land immediately. The decision to leave was a wise one in view of the changed attitude in Laban and his sons. But more than that, it was the will of God. Jacob needed to respond to God’s call – the circumstances simply made it easier.

¹¹ tn The word “grain” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.