Genesis 28:2
28:2 Leave immediately 1 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 42:20
42:20 But you must bring 2 your youngest brother to me. Then 3 your words will be verified 4 and you will not die.” They did as he said. 5
Genesis 45:17
45:17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and go 6 to the land of Canaan!
1 tn Heb “Arise! Go!” The first of the two imperatives is adverbial and stresses the immediacy of the departure.
2 tn The imperfect here has an injunctive force.
3 tn After the injunctive imperfect, this imperfect with vav indicates purpose or result.
4 tn The Niphal form of the verb has the sense of “to be faithful; to be sure; to be reliable.” Joseph will test his brothers to see if their words are true.
5 tn Heb “and they did so.”
6 tn Heb “and go! Enter!”