Genesis 28:6

28:6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. ¹  As he blessed him, ²  Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.” ³ 

Genesis 37:22

37:22 Reuben continued, ⁴  “Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” ⁵  (Reuben said this ⁶  so he could rescue Joseph ⁷  from them ⁸  and take him back to his father.)

Genesis 50:13

50:13 His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

¹ tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”

² tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.

³ tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

⁴ tn Heb “and Reuben said to them.”

⁵ sn The verbs translated shed, throw, and lay sound alike in Hebrew; the repetition of similar sounds draws attention to Reuben’s words.

⁶ tn The words “Reuben said this” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “from their hands” (cf. v. 21). This expression has been translated as “them” here for stylistic reasons.