Genesis 24:51

24:51 Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become ¹  the wife of your master’s son, just as the Lord has decided.” ² 

Genesis 24:55-56

24:55 But Rebekah’s ³  brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.” 24:56 But he said to them, “Don’t detain me – the Lord ⁴  has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return ⁵  to my master.”

Genesis 27:9

27:9 Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I’ll prepare ⁶  them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them.

Genesis 27:13

27:13 So his mother told him, “Any curse against you will fall on me, ⁷  my son! Just obey me! ⁸  Go and get them for me!”

Genesis 28:2

28:2 Leave immediately ⁹  for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

Genesis 30:25

The Flocks of Jacob

30:25 After Rachel had given birth ¹⁰  to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send ¹¹  me on my way so that I can go ¹²  home to my own country. ¹³ 

Genesis 42:19

42:19 If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison ¹⁴  while the rest of you go ¹⁵  and take grain back for your hungry families. ¹⁶ 

Genesis 46:3-4

46:3 He said, “I am God, ¹⁷  the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. 46:4 I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. ¹⁸  Joseph will close your eyes.” ¹⁹ 

[24:51]  ¹ tn Following the imperatives, the jussive with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

[24:51]  ² tn Heb “as the Lord has spoken.”

[24:55]  ³ tn Heb “her”; the referent (Rebekah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:56]  ⁵ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial, indicating a reason for the preceding request.

[24:56]  ⁶ tn After the preceding imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

[27:9]  ⁷ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative (with the prefixed conjunction) indicates purpose or result.

[27:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “upon me your curse.”

[27:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “only listen to my voice.”

[28:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Arise! Go!” The first of the two imperatives is adverbial and stresses the immediacy of the departure.

[30:25]  ¹³ tn The perfect verbal form is translated as a past perfect because Rachel’s giving birth to Joseph preceded Jacob’s conversation with Laban.

[30:25]  ¹⁴ tn The imperatival form here expresses a request.

[30:25]  ¹⁵ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

[30:25]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to my place and to my land.”

[42:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “bound in the house of your prison.”

[42:19]  ¹⁶ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial-temporal.

[42:19]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “[for] the hunger of your households.”

[46:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the God.”

[46:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and I, I will bring you up, also bringing up.” The independent personal pronoun before the first person imperfect verbal form draws attention to the speaker/subject, while the infinitive absolute after the imperfect strongly emphasizes the statement: “I myself will certainly bring you up.”

[46:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and Joseph will put his hand upon your eyes.” This is a promise of peaceful death in Egypt with Joseph present to close his eyes.