4:19 Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.
29:28 Jacob did as Laban said. 1 When Jacob 2 completed Leah’s bridal week, 3 Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. 4
1 tn Heb “and Jacob did so.” The words “as Laban said” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “the seven of this one.” The referent of “this one” has been specified in the translation as Leah to avoid confusion with Rachel, mentioned later in the verse.
4 tn Heb “and he gave to him Rachel his daughter for him for a wife.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn This is the active participle, not the passive. It would normally be rendered “joining together.” The Bible uses the active because it has the result of the sewing in mind, namely, that every curtain accompanies another (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 348).
6 tn Heb “a woman to her sister,” this form of using nouns to express “one to another” is selected because “curtains” is a feminine noun (see GKC 448 §139.e).
7 tn The phrase “the other” has been supplied.