Genesis 11:6

11:6 And the Lord said, “If as one people all sharing a common language ¹  they have begun to do this, then ²  nothing they plan to do will be beyond them. ³ 

Genesis 23:13

23:13 and said to Ephron in their hearing, “Hear me, if you will. I pay ⁴  to you the price ⁵  of the field. Take it from me so that I may ⁶  bury my dead there.”

Genesis 41:55

41:55 When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt, ⁷  “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

Genesis 48:19

48:19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude ⁸  of nations.”

[11:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and one lip to all of them.”

[11:6]  ² tn Heb “and now.” The foundational clause beginning with הֵן (hen) expresses the condition, and the second clause the result. It could be rendered “If this…then now.”

[11:6]  ³ tn Heb “all that they purpose to do will not be withheld from them.”

[23:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “give.”

[23:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “silver.”

[23:13]  ⁶ tn After the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction expresses purpose or result.

[41:55]  ⁷ tn Heb “to all Egypt.” The name of the country is used by metonymy for the inhabitants.

[48:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fullness.”