Discovery BoxGenesis 24:42 
Context24:42 When I came to the spring today, I prayed, ‘O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, 1 may events unfold as follows: 2
Genesis 49:6
Context49:6 O my soul, do not come into their council,
do not be united to their assembly, my heart, 3
for in their anger they have killed men,
and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen.
1 tn Heb “if you are making successful my way on which I am going.”
2 tn The words “may events unfold as follows” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
3 tn The Hebrew text reads “my glory,” but it is preferable to repoint the form and read “my liver.” The liver was sometimes viewed as the seat of the emotions and will (see HALOT 456 s.v. II כָּבֵד) for which the heart is the modern equivalent.
