Genesis 34:12

34:12 You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, ¹  and I’ll give ²  whatever you ask ³  of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

Genesis 45:18

45:18 Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you ⁴  the best land in Egypt and you will eat ⁵  the best ⁶  of the land.’

¹ tn Heb “Make very great upon me the bride price and gift.” The imperatives are used in a rhetorical manner. Shechem’s point is that he will pay the price, no matter how expensive it might be.

² tn The cohortative expresses Shechem’s resolve to have Dinah as his wife.

³ tn Heb “say.”

⁴ tn After the imperatives in vv. 17-18a, the cohortative with vav indicates result.

⁵ tn After the cohortative the imperative with vav states the ultimate goal.

⁶ tn Heb “fat.”