Genesis 28:21

28:21 and I return safely to my father’s home, ¹  then the Lord will become my God.

Genesis 17:7-8

17:7 I will confirm ²  my covenant as a perpetual ³  covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. ⁴  17:8 I will give the whole land of Canaan – the land where you are now residing ⁵  – to you and your descendants after you as a permanent ⁶  possession. I will be their God.”

Genesis 40:8

40:8 They told him, “We both had dreams, ⁷  but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them ⁸  to me.”

Genesis 39:9

39:9 There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do ⁹  such a great evil and sin against God?”

¹ tn Heb “and I return in peace to the house of my father.”

² tn The verb קוּם (qum, “to arise, to stand up”) in the Hiphil verbal stem means “to confirm, to give effect to, to carry out” (i.e., a covenant or oath; see BDB 878-79 s.v. קוּם).

³ tn Or “as an eternal.”

⁴ tn Heb “to be to you for God and to your descendants after you.”

³ tn The verbal root is גּוּר (gur, “to sojourn, to reside temporarily,” i.e., as a resident alien). It is the land in which Abram resides, but does not yet possess as his very own.

⁴ tn Or “as an eternal.”

⁴ tn Heb “a dream we dreamed.”

⁵ tn The word “them” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn The nuance of potential imperfect fits this context.