Genesis 7:2

7:2 You must take with you seven ¹  of every kind of clean animal, ²  the male and its mate, ³  two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,

Genesis 21:30

21:30 He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof ⁴  that I dug this well.” ⁵ 

Genesis 24:3

24:3 so that I may make you solemnly promise ⁶  by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire ⁷  a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

Genesis 24:37

24:37 My master made me swear an oath. He said, ‘You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

Genesis 28:1

28:1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman! ⁸ 

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 ⁹  that God is witness to your actions.” ¹⁰ 

Genesis 38:23

38:23 Judah said, “Let her keep the things ¹¹  for herself. Otherwise we will appear to be dishonest. ¹²  I did indeed send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”

Genesis 28:6

28:6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. ¹³  As he blessed him, ¹⁴  Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.” ¹⁵ 

¹ tn Or “seven pairs” (cf. NRSV).

² sn For a study of the Levitical terminology of “clean” and “unclean,” see L. E. Toombs, IDB 1:643.

³ tn Heb “a male and his female” (also a second time at the end of this verse). The terms used here for male and female animals (אִישׁ, ’ish) and אִשָּׁה, ’ishah) normally refer to humans.

⁴ tn Heb “that it be for me for a witness.”

⁵ sn This well. Since the king wanted a treaty to share in Abraham’s good fortune, Abraham used the treaty to secure ownership of and protection for the well he dug. It would be useless to make a treaty to live in this territory if he had no rights to the water. Abraham consented to the treaty, but added his rider to it.

⁷ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose.

⁸ tn Heb “because you must not take.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

¹³ tn Heb “see.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “between me and you.”

¹⁶ tn The words “the things” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁷ tn Heb “we will become contemptible.” The Hebrew word בּוּז (buz) describes the contempt that a respectable person would have for someone who is worthless, foolish, or disreputable.

¹⁹ tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”

²⁰ tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.

²¹ tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”