Discovery BoxGenesis 18:4 
Context18:4 Let a little water be brought so that 1 you may all 2 wash your feet and rest under the tree.
Genesis 21:13
Context21:13 But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”
Genesis 34:9
Context34:9 Intermarry with us. 3 Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves. 4
Genesis 48:6
Context48:6 Any children that you father 5 after them will be yours; they will be listed 6 under the names of their brothers in their inheritance. 7
1 tn The imperative after the jussive indicates purpose here.
2 tn The word “all” has been supplied in the translation because the Hebrew verb translated “wash” and the pronominal suffix on the word “feet” are plural, referring to all three of the visitors.
3 tn Heb “form marriage alliances with us.”
sn Intermarry with us. This includes the idea of becoming allied by marriage. The incident foreshadows the temptations Israel would eventually face when they entered the promised land (see Deut 7:3; Josh 23:12).
4 tn Heb “Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.” In the translation the words “let…marry” and “as wives” are supplied for clarity.
5 tn Or “you fathered.”
6 tn Heb “called” or “named.”
7 sn Listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance. This means that any subsequent children of Joseph will be incorporated into the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.
