Genesis 24:62

24:62 Now ¹  Isaac came from ²  Beer Lahai Roi, ³  for ⁴  he was living in the Negev. ⁵ 

Genesis 24:3

24:3 so that I may make you solemnly promise ⁶  by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire ⁷  a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

Genesis 50:11

50:11 When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a very sad occasion ⁸  for the Egyptians.” That is why its name was called ⁹  Abel Mizraim, ¹⁰  which is beyond the Jordan.

[24:62]  ¹ tn The disjunctive clause switches the audience’s attention to Isaac and signals a new episode in the story.

[24:62]  ² tn Heb “from the way of.”

[24:62]  ³ sn The Hebrew name Beer Lahai Roi (בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי, bÿ’er lakhay ro’i) means “The well of the Living One who sees me.” See Gen 16:14.

[24:62]  ⁴ tn This disjunctive clause is explanatory.

[24:62]  ⁵ tn Or “the South [country].”

[24:3]  ⁶ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose.

[24:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “because you must not take.”

[50:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “this is heavy mourning for Egypt.”

[50:11]  ¹² tn The verb has no expressed subject and so it may be translated as passive.

[50:11]  ¹³ sn The name Abel Mizraim means “the mourning of Egypt.”