Genesis 12:8

12:8 Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel¹ and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord.²

Genesis 24:5

24:5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is not willing to come back with me³ to this land? Must I then⁴ take your son back to the land from which you came?”

Genesis 24:7

24:7 “The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives,⁵ promised me with a solemn oath,⁶ ‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel⁷ before you so that you may find⁸ a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 26:22

26:22 Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac⁹ named it¹⁰ Rehoboth,¹¹ saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land.”

Genesis 27:45

27:45 Stay there¹² until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I’ll send someone to bring you back from there.¹³ Why should I lose both of you in one day?”¹⁴

Genesis 28:6

28:6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there.¹⁵ As he blessed him,¹⁶ Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”¹⁷

Genesis 30:32

30:32 Let me walk among¹⁸ all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb,¹⁹ and the spotted or speckled goats.²⁰ These animals will be my wages.²¹

¹map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

²tn Heb “he called in the name of the Lord.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 4:26; 13:4; 21:33; 26:25). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116, 281.

³tn Heb “to go after me.”

⁴tn In the Hebrew text the construction is emphatic; the infinitive absolute precedes the imperfect. However, it is difficult to reflect this emphasis in an English translation.

⁵tn Or “the land of my birth.”

⁶tn Heb “and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying.”

⁷tn Or “his messenger.”

⁸tn Heb “before you and you will take.”

⁷tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “and he called its name.”

⁹sn The name Rehoboth (רְהֹבוֹת, rehovot) is derived from a verbal root meaning “to make room.” The name was a reminder that God had made room for them. The story shows Isaac’s patience with the opposition; it also shows how God’s blessing outdistanced the men of Gerar. They could not stop it or seize it any longer.

⁹tn The words “stay there” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰tn Heb “and I will send and I will take you from there.” The verb “send” has no object in the Hebrew text; one must be supplied in the translation. Either “someone” or “a message” could be supplied, but since in those times a message would require a messenger, “someone” has been used.

¹¹tn If Jacob stayed, he would be killed and Esau would be forced to run away.

¹¹tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”

¹²tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.

¹³tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

¹³tn Heb “pass through.”

¹⁴tn Or “every black lamb”; Heb “and every dark sheep among the lambs.”

¹⁵tn Heb “and the spotted and speckled among the goats.”

¹⁶tn Heb “and it will be my wage.” The referent collective singular pronoun (“it) has been specified as “these animals” in the translation for clarity.