Genesis 17:4

17:4 “As for me, ¹  this ²  is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 27:10

27:10 Then you will take ³  it to your father. Thus he will eat it ⁴  and ⁵  bless you before he dies.”

Genesis 27:32

27:32 His father Isaac asked, ⁶  “Who are you?” “I am your firstborn son,” ⁷  he replied, “Esau!”

Genesis 31:3

31:3 The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers ⁸  and to your relatives. I will be with you.” ⁹ 

Genesis 31:7

31:7 but your father has humiliated ¹⁰  me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.

Genesis 34:13

34:13 Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem ¹¹  had violated their sister Dinah.

Genesis 43:28

43:28 “Your servant our father is well,” they replied. “He is still alive.” They bowed down in humility. ¹² 

[17:4]  ¹ tn Heb “I.”

[17:4]  ² tn Heb “is” (הִנֵּה, hinneh).

[27:10]  ³ tn The form is the perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive. It carries forward the tone of instruction initiated by the command to “go…and get” in the preceding verse.

[27:10]  ⁴ tn The form is the perfect with the vav (ו) consecutive; it carries the future nuance of the preceding verbs of instruction, but by switching the subject to Jacob, indicates the expected result of the subterfuge.

[27:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “so that.” The conjunction indicates purpose or result.

[27:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “said.”

[27:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he said, ‘I [am] your son, your firstborn.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged for stylistic reasons.

[31:3]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps “ancestors” (so NRSV), although the only “ancestors” Jacob had there were his grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac.

[31:3]  ⁸ sn I will be with you. Though Laban was no longer “with him,” the Lord promised to be.

[31:7]  ⁹ tn This rare verb means “to make a fool of” someone. It involves deceiving someone so that their public reputation suffers (see Exod 8:25).

[34:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Shechem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[43:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “and they bowed low and they bowed down.” The use of synonyms here emphasizes the brothers’ humility.