Genesis 24:55

24:55 But Rebekah’s ¹  brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.”

Genesis 34:9

34:9 Intermarry with us. ²  Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves. ³ 

Genesis 34:23

34:23 If we do so, ⁴  won’t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”

Genesis 43:4

43:4 If you send ⁵  our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.

Genesis 44:30

44:30 “So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us – his very life is bound up in his son’s life. ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “her”; the referent (Rebekah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “form marriage alliances with us.”

³ tn Heb “Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.” In the translation the words “let…marry” and “as wives” are supplied for clarity.

³ tn The words “If we do so” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “if there is you sending,” that is, “if you send.”

⁵ tn Heb “his life is bound up in his life.”