Genesis 4:23

4:23 Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah! Listen to me!

You wives of Lamech, hear my words!

I have killed a man for wounding me,

a young man ¹  for hurting me.

Genesis 23:11

23:11 “No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell ²  you both the field and the cave that is in it. ³  In the presence of my people ⁴  I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”

Genesis 27:41

27:41 So Esau hated ⁵  Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. ⁶  Esau said privately, ⁷  “The time ⁸  of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill ⁹  my brother Jacob!”

Genesis 31:50

31:50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize ¹⁰  that God is witness to your actions.” ¹¹ 

Genesis 33:14

33:14 Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, ¹²  until I come to my lord at Seir.”

Genesis 39:8

39:8 But he refused, saying ¹³  to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not give any thought ¹⁴  to his household with me here, ¹⁵  and everything that he owns he has put into my care. ¹⁶ 

Genesis 42:37

42:37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may ¹⁷  put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care ¹⁸  and I will bring him back to you.”

Genesis 47:1

Joseph’s Wise Administration

47:1 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of

Canaan. They are now ¹⁹  in the land of Goshen.”

¹ tn The Hebrew term יֶלֶד (yeled) probably refers to a youthful warrior here, not a child.

² tn Heb “give.” The perfect tense has here a present nuance; this is a formal, legally binding declaration. Abraham asked only for a burial site/cave within the field; Ephron agrees to sell him the entire field.

³ tn The Hebrew text adds “to you I give [i.e., sell] it.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “in the presence of the sons of my people.”

³ tn Or “bore a grudge against” (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV). The Hebrew verb שָׂטַם (satam) describes persistent hatred.

⁴ tn Heb “because of the blessing which his father blessed him.”

⁵ tn Heb “said in his heart.” The expression may mean “said to himself.” Even if this is the case, v. 42 makes it clear that he must have shared his intentions with someone, because the news reached Rebekah.

⁶ tn Heb “days.”

⁷ tn The cohortative here expresses Esau’s determined resolve to kill Jacob.

⁴ tn Heb “see.”

⁵ tn Heb “between me and you.”

⁵ tn Heb “and I, I will move along according to my leisure at the foot of the property which is before me and at the foot of the children.”

⁶ tn Heb “and he said.”

⁷ tn Heb “know.”

⁸ tn The word “here” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn Heb “hand.” This is a metonymy for being under the control or care of Joseph.

⁷ tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is permissive here.

⁸ tn Heb “my hand.”

⁸ tn Heb “Look they [are] in the land of Goshen.” Joseph draws attention to the fact of their presence in Goshen.