Discovery BoxGenesis 23:6 
Context23:6 “Listen, sir, 1 you are a mighty prince 2 among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you 3 from burying your dead.”
Genesis 49:24
Context49:24 But his bow will remain steady,
and his hands 4 will be skillful;
because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
1 tn Heb “Hear us, my lord.”
2 tn Heb “prince of God.” The divine name may be used here as a means of expressing the superlative, “mighty prince.” The word for “prince” probably means “tribal chief” here. See M. H. Gottstein, “Nasi’ ‘elohim (Gen 23:6),” VT 3 (1953) 298-99; and D. W. Thomas, “Consideration of Some Unusual Ways of Expressing the Superlative in Hebrew,” VT 3 (1953) 215-16.
3 tn The phrase “to prevent you” has been added in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “the arms of his hands.”
5 tn Heb “from there,” but the phrase should be revocalized and read “from [i.e., because of] the name of.”
6 tn Or “Stone.”
