Genesis 12:8

12:8 Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel ¹  and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord. ² 

Genesis 24:5

24:5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is not willing to come back with me ³  to this land? Must I then ⁴  take your son back to the land from which you came?”

Genesis 24:7

24:7 “The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, ⁵  promised me with a solemn oath, ⁶  ‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel ⁷  before you so that you may find ⁸  a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 26:22

26:22 Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac ⁹  named it ¹⁰  Rehoboth, ¹¹  saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land.”

Genesis 27:45

27:45 Stay there ¹²  until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I’ll send someone to bring you back from there. ¹³  Why should I lose both of you in one day?” ¹⁴ 

Genesis 28:6

28:6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. ¹⁵  As he blessed him, ¹⁶  Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.” ¹⁷ 

Genesis 30:32

30:32 Let me walk among ¹⁸  all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, ¹⁹  and the spotted or speckled goats. ²⁰  These animals will be my wages. ²¹ 

[12:8]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[12:8]  ² tn Heb “he called in the name of the Lord.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 4:26; 13:4; 21:33; 26:25). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116, 281.

[24:5]  ³ tn Heb “to go after me.”

[24:5]  ⁴ tn In the Hebrew text the construction is emphatic; the infinitive absolute precedes the imperfect. However, it is difficult to reflect this emphasis in an English translation.

[24:7]  ⁵ tn Or “the land of my birth.”

[24:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying.”

[24:7]  ⁷ tn Or “his messenger.”

[24:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “before you and you will take.”

[26:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he called its name.”

[26:22]  ⁹ sn The name Rehoboth (רְהֹבוֹת, rehovot) is derived from a verbal root meaning “to make room.” The name was a reminder that God had made room for them. The story shows Isaac’s patience with the opposition; it also shows how God’s blessing outdistanced the men of Gerar. They could not stop it or seize it any longer.

[27:45]  ⁹ tn The words “stay there” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[27:45]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and I will send and I will take you from there.” The verb “send” has no object in the Hebrew text; one must be supplied in the translation. Either “someone” or “a message” could be supplied, but since in those times a message would require a messenger, “someone” has been used.

[27:45]  ¹¹ tn If Jacob stayed, he would be killed and Esau would be forced to run away.

[28:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”

[28:6]  ¹² tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.

[28:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

[30:32]  ¹³ tn Heb “pass through.”

[30:32]  ¹⁴ tn Or “every black lamb”; Heb “and every dark sheep among the lambs.”

[30:32]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the spotted and speckled among the goats.”

[30:32]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and it will be my wage.” The referent collective singular pronoun (“it) has been specified as “these animals” in the translation for clarity.