24:3 so that I may make you solemnly promise 1 by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire 2 a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.
Genesis 24:57-58
24:57 Then they said, “We’ll call the girl and find out what she wants to do.” 3 24:58 So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Do you want 4 to go with this man?” She replied, “I want to go.”
1 tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose.
2 tnHeb “because you must not take.”
3 tnHeb “and we will ask her mouth.”
4 tn The imperfect verbal form here has a modal nuance, expressing desire.