Genesis 20:13

20:13 When God made me wander¹ from my father’s house, I told her, ‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me:² Every place we go, say about me, “He is my brother.”’”

Genesis 24:15

24:15 Before he had finished praying, there came Rebekah³ with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah (Milcah was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor).⁴

Genesis 24:27

24:27 saying “Praised be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love⁵ for my master! The Lord has led me⁶ to the house⁷ of my master’s relatives!”⁸

Genesis 24:48

24:48 Then I bowed down and worshiped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right path to find the granddaughter⁹ of my master’s brother for his son.

Genesis 27:41

27:41 So Esau hated¹⁰ Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother.¹¹ Esau said privately,¹² “The time¹³ of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill¹⁴ my brother Jacob!”

Genesis 34:25

34:25 In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword¹⁵ and went to the unsuspecting city¹⁶ and slaughtered every male.

Genesis 46:31

46:31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh,¹⁷ ‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

Genesis 50:15

50:15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay¹⁸ us in full¹⁹ for all the harm²⁰ we did to him?”

¹tn The Hebrew verb is plural. This may be a case of grammatical agreement with the name for God, which is plural in form. However, when this plural name refers to the one true God, accompanying predicates are usually singular in form. Perhaps Abraham is accommodating his speech to Abimelech’s polytheistic perspective. (See GKC 463 §145.i.) If so, one should translate, “when the gods made me wander.”

²tn Heb “This is your loyal deed which you can do for me.”

³tn Heb “Look, Rebekah was coming out!” Using the participle introduced with הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), the narrator dramatically transports the audience back into the event and invites them to see Rebekah through the servant’s eyes.

⁴tn Heb “Look, Rebekah was coming out – [she] who was born to Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, the brother of Abraham – and her jug [was] on her shoulder.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵tn Heb “his faithfulness and his commitment.”

⁶tn Heb “As for me – in the way the Lord led me.”

⁷tn Here “house” is an adverbial accusative of termination.

⁸tn Heb “brothers.”

⁷tn Heb “daughter.” Rebekah was actually the granddaughter of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. One can either translate the Hebrew term בַּת (bat) as “daughter,” in which case the term אָח (’akh) must be translated more generally as “relative” rather than “brother” (cf. NASB, NRSV) or one can translate בַּת as “granddaughter,” in which case אָח may be translated “brother” (cf. NIV).

⁹tn Or “bore a grudge against” (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV). The Hebrew verb שָׂטַם (satam) describes persistent hatred.

¹⁰tn Heb “because of the blessing which his father blessed him.”

¹¹tn Heb “said in his heart.” The expression may mean “said to himself.” Even if this is the case, v. 42 makes it clear that he must have shared his intentions with someone, because the news reached Rebekah.

¹²tn Heb “days.”

¹³tn The cohortative here expresses Esau’s determined resolve to kill Jacob.

¹¹tn Heb “a man his sword.”

¹²tn Heb “and they came upon the city, [which was] secure.” In this case “secure” means the city was caught unprepared and at peace, not expecting an attack.

¹³tn Heb “tell Pharaoh and say to him.”

¹⁵tn The imperfect tense could be a simple future; it could also have a desiderative nuance.

¹⁶tn The infinitive absolute makes the statement emphatic, “repay in full.”

¹⁷tn Or “evil.”