Genesis 22:16

22:16 and said, “‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ ¹  decrees the Lord, ²  ‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Genesis 25:6

25:6 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines ³  and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac. ⁴ 

Genesis 27:15

27:15 Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

Genesis 27:20-21

27:20 But Isaac asked his son, “How in the world ⁵  did you find it so quickly, ⁶  my son?” “Because the Lord your God brought it to me,” ⁷  he replied. ⁸  27:21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you, ⁹  my son, and know for certain if you really are my son Esau.” ¹⁰ 

Genesis 46:12

46:12 The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah

(but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan).

The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

[22:16]  ¹ tn Heb “By myself I swear.”

[22:16]  ² tn Heb “the oracle of the Lord.” The phrase refers to a formal oracle or decree from the Lord.

[25:6]  ³ tn Heb “the sons of the concubines who [belonged] to Abraham.”

[25:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “And he sent them away from upon Isaac his son, while he was still living, eastward to the land of the east.”

[27:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “What is this?” The enclitic pronoun “this” adds emphasis to the question, which is comparable to the English rhetorical question, “How in the world?”

[27:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “you hastened to find.” In translation the infinitive becomes the main verb and the first verb becomes adverbial.

[27:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “caused to meet before me.”

[27:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he said, ‘Because the Lord your God….’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[27:21]  ⁷ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative (with prefixed conjunction) indicates purpose or result.

[27:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “Are you this one, Esau, my son, or not?” On the use of the interrogative particle here, see BDB 210 s.v. הֲ.