Genesis 24:3-4

24:3 so that I may make you solemnly promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living. 24:4 You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac.”


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

tn Heb “because you must not take.”

tn Heb “for to my country and my relatives you must go.”

tn Heb “and take.”