Genesis 6:7

6:7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth – everything from humankind to animals, ¹  including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”

Genesis 24:3

24:3 so that I may make you solemnly promise ²  by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire ³  a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

Genesis 24:40

24:40 He answered, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked, ⁴  will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father’s family.

Genesis 31:42-43

31:42 If the God of my father – the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears ⁵  – had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, ⁶  and he rebuked you last night.”

31:43 Laban replied ⁷  to Jacob, “These women ⁸  are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, ⁹  and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today ¹⁰  or the children to whom they have given birth?

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¹ tn The text simply has “from man to beast, to creatures, and to birds of the air.” The use of the prepositions עַד…מִן (min...’ad) stresses the extent of the judgment in creation.

² tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose.

³ tn Heb “because you must not take.”

⁴ tn The verb is the Hitpael of הָלַךְ (halakh), meaning “live one’s life” (see Gen 17:1). The statement may simply refer to serving the Lord or it may have a more positive moral connotation (“serve faithfully”).

⁵ tn Heb “the fear of Isaac,” that is, the one whom Isaac feared and respected. For further discussion of this title see M. Malul, “More on pahad yitschaq (Gen. 31:42,53) and the Oath by the Thigh,” VT 35 (1985): 192-200.

⁶ tn Heb “My oppression and the work of my hands God saw.”

⁷ tn Heb “answered and said.”

⁸ tn Heb “daughters.”

⁹ tn Heb “children.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “but to my daughters what can I do to these today?”