Genesis 21:23

21:23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name ¹  that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. ²  Show me, and the land ³  where you are staying, ⁴  the same loyalty ⁵  that I have shown you.” ⁶ 

Genesis 26:7

26:7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, “She is my sister.” ⁷  He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he thought to himself, ⁸  “The men of this place will kill me to get ⁹  Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”

Genesis 30:33

30:33 My integrity will testify for me ¹⁰  later on. ¹¹  When you come to verify that I’ve taken only the wages we agreed on, ¹²  if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen.” ¹³ 

Genesis 44:16

44:16 Judah replied, “What can we say ¹⁴  to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? ¹⁵  God has exposed the sin of your servants! ¹⁶  We are now my lord’s slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.”

[21:23]  ¹ tn Heb “And now swear to me by God here.”

[21:23]  ² tn Heb “my offspring and my descendants.”

[21:23]  ³ tn The word “land” refers by metonymy to the people in the land.

[21:23]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew verb means “to stay, to live, to sojourn” as a temporary resident without ownership rights.

[21:23]  ⁵ tn Or “kindness.”

[21:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “According to the loyalty which I have done with you, do with me and with the land in which you are staying.”

[26:7]  ⁷ sn Rebekah, unlike Sarah, was not actually her husband’s sister.

[26:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “lest.” The words “for he thought to himself” are supplied because the next clause is written with a first person pronoun, showing that Isaac was saying or thinking this.

[26:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “kill me on account of.”

[30:33]  ¹³ tn Heb “will answer on my behalf.”

[30:33]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “on the following day,” or “tomorrow.”

[30:33]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “when you come concerning my wage before you.”

[30:33]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “every one which is not speckled and spotted among the lambs and dark among the goats, stolen it is with me.”

[44:16]  ¹⁹ tn The imperfect verbal form here indicates the subject’s potential.

[44:16]  ²⁰ tn The Hitpael form of the verb צָדֵק (tsadeq) here means “to prove ourselves just, to declare ourselves righteous, to prove our innocence.”

[44:16]  ²¹ sn God has exposed the sin of your servants. The first three questions are rhetorical; Judah is stating that there is nothing they can say to clear themselves. He therefore must conclude that they have been found guilty.