Genesis 27:8

27:8 Now then, my son, do ¹  exactly what I tell you! ² 

Genesis 29:11

29:11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly. ³ 

Genesis 30:12

30:12 Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son. ⁴ 

Genesis 47:10

47:10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “listen to my voice.” The Hebrew idiom means “to comply; to obey.”

² tn Heb “to that which I am commanding you.”

³ tn Heb “and he lifted up his voice and wept.” The idiom calls deliberate attention to the fact that Jacob wept out loud.

⁴ tn Heb “and Zilpah, the servant of Leah, bore a second son for Jacob.”

⁵ tn Heb “from before Pharaoh.”