Judges 2:4

2:4 When the Lord’s messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly. ¹ 

Genesis 27:38

27:38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” ²  Then Esau wept loudly. ³ 

Genesis 27:1

Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing

27:1 When ⁴  Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, ⁵  he called his older ⁶  son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” Esau ⁷  replied.

Genesis 30:4

30:4 So Rachel ⁸  gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with ⁹  her.

¹ tn Heb “lifted their voices and wept.”

² tn Heb “Bless me, me also, my father.” The words “my father” have not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “and Esau lifted his voice and wept.”

⁴ tn The clause begins with the temporal indicator (“and it happened”), making it subordinate to the main clause that follows later in the sentence.

⁵ tn Heb “and his eyes were weak from seeing.”

⁶ tn Heb “greater” (in terms of age).

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Esau) is specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “and she”; the referent (Rachel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “went in to.” The expression “went in to” in this context refers to sexual intercourse.