Genesis 28:22

28:22 Then this stone ¹  that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely ²  give you back a tenth of everything you give me.” ³ 

Genesis 30:31

30:31 So Laban asked, ⁴  “What should I give you?” “You don’t need to give me a thing,” ⁵  Jacob replied, ⁶  “but if you agree to this one condition, ⁷  I will continue to care for ⁸  your flocks and protect them:

Genesis 34:12

34:12 You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, ⁹  and I’ll give ¹⁰  whatever you ask ¹¹  of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

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¹ tn The disjunctive clause structure (conjunction + noun/subject) is used to highlight the statement.

² tn The infinitive absolute is used before the finite verb for emphasis.

³ tn Heb “and all which you give to me I will surely give a tenth of it to you.” The disjunctive clause structure (conjunction + noun/object) highlights this statement as well.

⁴ tn Heb “and he said.” The referent (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn The negated imperfect verbal form has an obligatory nuance.

⁶ tn The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “If you do for me this thing.”

⁸ tn Heb “I will return, I will tend,” an idiom meaning “I will continue tending.”

⁹ tn Heb “Make very great upon me the bride price and gift.” The imperatives are used in a rhetorical manner. Shechem’s point is that he will pay the price, no matter how expensive it might be.

¹⁰ tn The cohortative expresses Shechem’s resolve to have Dinah as his wife.

¹¹ tn Heb “say.”