Genesis 24:7

24:7 “The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, ¹  promised me with a solemn oath, ²  ‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel ³  before you so that you may find ⁴  a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 27:36

27:36 Esau exclaimed, “‘Jacob’ is the right name for him! ⁵  He has tripped me up ⁶  two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!” Then he asked, “Have you not kept back a blessing for me?”

Genesis 28:6

28:6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. ⁷  As he blessed him, ⁸  Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.” ⁹ 

Genesis 30:15

30:15 But Leah replied, ¹⁰  “Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?” “All right,” ¹¹  Rachel said, “he may sleep ¹²  with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

[24:7]  ¹ tn Or “the land of my birth.”

[24:7]  ² tn Heb “and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying.”

[24:7]  ³ tn Or “his messenger.”

[24:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “before you and you will take.”

[27:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “Is he not rightly named Jacob?” The rhetorical question, since it expects a positive reply, has been translated as a declarative statement.

[27:36]  ⁶ sn He has tripped me up. When originally given, the name Jacob was a play on the word “heel” (see Gen 25:26). The name (since it is a verb) probably means something like “may he protect,” that is, as a rearguard, dogging the heels. This name was probably chosen because of the immediate association with the incident of grabbing the heel. Esau gives the name “Jacob” a negative connotation here, the meaning “to trip up; to supplant.”

[28:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”

[28:6]  ¹⁰ tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.

[28:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

[30:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “and she said to her”; the referent of the pronoun “she” (Leah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[30:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “therefore.”

[30:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “lie down.” The expression “lie down with” in this context (here and in the following verse) refers to sexual intercourse. The imperfect verbal form has a permissive nuance here.