Genesis 24:29

24:29 (Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) ¹  Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.

Genesis 38:2

38:2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man ²  named Shua. ³  Judah acquired her as a wife ⁴  and had marital relations with her. ⁵ 

Genesis 38:1

Judah and Tamar

38:1 At that time Judah left ⁶  his brothers and stayed ⁷  with an Adullamite man ⁸  named Hirah.

[24:29]  ¹ tn The parenthetical disjunctive clause introduces the audience to Laban, who will eventually play an important role in the unfolding story.

[38:2]  ² tn Heb “a man, a Canaanite.”

[38:2]  ³ tn Heb “and his name was Shua.”

[38:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he took her.”

[38:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he went to her.” This expression is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

[38:1]  ³ tn Heb “went down from.”

[38:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he turned aside unto.”

[38:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “a man, an Adullamite.”