Genesis 24:19

24:19 When she had done so, ¹  she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have drunk as much as they want.”

Genesis 25:25

25:25 The first came out reddish ²  all over, ³  like a hairy ⁴  garment, so they named him Esau. ⁵ 

Genesis 24:22

24:22 After the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka ⁶  and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels ⁷  and gave them to her. ⁸ 

Genesis 43:2

43:2 When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Return, buy us a little more food.”

¹ tn Heb “when she had finished giving him a drink.” This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² sn Reddish. The Hebrew word translated “reddish” is אַדְמוֹנִי (’admoni), which forms a wordplay on the Edomites, Esau’s descendants. The writer sees in Esau’s appearance at birth a sign of what was to come. After all, the reader has already been made aware of the “nations” that were being born.

³ tn Heb “all of him.”

⁴ sn Hairy. Here is another wordplay involving the descendants of Esau. The Hebrew word translated “hairy” is שֵׂעָר (se’ar); the Edomites will later live in Mount Seir, perhaps named for its wooded nature.

⁵ tn Heb “And they called his name Esau.” The name “Esau” (עֵשָׂו, ’esav) is not etymologically related to שֵׂעָר (se’ar), but it draws on some of the sounds.

³ sn A beka weighed about 5-6 grams (0.2 ounce).

⁴ sn A shekel weighed about 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce) although weights varied locally, so these bracelets weighed about 4 ounces (115 grams).

⁵ tn The words “and gave them to her” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.