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Genesis 12:19

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12:19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her 1  to be my wife? 2  Here is your wife! 3  Take her and go!” 4 

Genesis 28:4

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28:4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham 5  so that you may possess the land 6  God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.” 7 

Genesis 44:31

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44:31 When he sees the boy is not with us, 8  he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.

1 tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive here expresses consequence.

2 tn Heb “to me for a wife.”

3 tn Heb “Look, your wife!”

4 tn Heb “take and go.”

5 tn Heb “and may he give to you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you.” The name “Abraham” is an objective genitive here; this refers to the blessing that God gave to Abraham.

6 tn The words “the land” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

7 tn Heb “the land of your sojournings,” that is, the land where Jacob had been living as a resident alien, as his future descendants would after him.

8 tn Heb “when he sees that there is no boy.”



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