Genesis 15:18

15:18 That day the Lord made a covenant ¹  with Abram: “To your descendants I give ²  this land, from the river of Egypt ³  to the great river, the Euphrates River –

Genesis 27:42

27:42 When Rebekah heard what her older son Esau had said, ⁴  she quickly summoned ⁵  her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is planning to get revenge by killing you. ⁶ 

[15:18]  ¹ tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

[15:18]  ² tn The perfect verbal form is understood as instantaneous (“I here and now give”). Another option is to understand it as rhetorical, indicating certitude (“I have given” meaning it is as good as done, i.e., “I will surely give”).

[15:18]  ³ sn The river of Egypt is a wadi (a seasonal stream) on the northeastern border of Egypt, not to the River Nile.

[27:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah.”

[27:42]  ⁵ tn Heb “she sent and called for.”

[27:42]  ⁶ tn Heb “is consoling himself with respect to you to kill you.” The only way Esau had of dealing with his anger at the moment was to plan to kill his brother after the death of Isaac.