Genesis 21:21

21:21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. ¹  His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt. ² 

Genesis 24:3

24:3 so that I may make you solemnly promise ³  by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire ⁴  a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

¹ sn The wilderness of Paran is an area in the east central region of the Sinai peninsula, northeast from the traditional site of Mt. Sinai and with the Arabah and the Gulf of Aqaba as its eastern border.

² tn Heb “And his mother took for him a wife from the land of Egypt.”

³ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose.

⁴ tn Heb “because you must not take.”