Genesis 24:67

24:67 Then Isaac brought Rebekah ¹  into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took her ²  as his wife and loved her. ³  So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. ⁴ 

Genesis 31:32

31:32 Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! ⁵  In the presence of our relatives ⁶  identify whatever is yours and take it.” ⁷  (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.) ⁸ 

Genesis 42:37

42:37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may ⁹  put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care ¹⁰  and I will bring him back to you.”

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¹ tn Heb “her”; the referent has been specified here in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “Rebekah”; here the proper name was replaced by the pronoun (“her”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “and he took Rebekah and she became his wife and he loved her.”

⁴ tn Heb “after his mother.” This must refer to Sarah’s death.

⁵ tn Heb “With whomever you find your gods, he will not live.”

⁶ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁷ tn Heb “recognize for yourself what is with me and take for yourself.”

⁸ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced here by a vav [ו] conjunction) provides supplemental material that is important to the story. Since this material is parenthetical in nature, it has been placed in parentheses in the translation.

⁹ tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is permissive here.

¹⁰ tn Heb “my hand.”