Genesis 24:8

24:8 But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, ¹  you will be free ²  from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”

Genesis 24:49

24:49 Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way.” ³ 

Genesis 27:20

27:20 But Isaac asked his son, “How in the world ⁴  did you find it so quickly, ⁵  my son?” “Because the Lord your God brought it to me,” ⁶  he replied. ⁷ 

Genesis 30:6

30:6 Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer ⁸  and given me a son.” That is why ⁹  she named him Dan. ¹⁰ 

Genesis 44:30

44:30 “So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us – his very life is bound up in his son’s life. ¹¹ 

[24:8]  ¹ tn Heb “ to go after you.”

[24:8]  ² sn You will be free. If the prospective bride was not willing to accompany the servant back to Canaan, the servant would be released from his oath to Abraham.

[24:49]  ³ tn Heb “and I will turn to the right or to the left.” The expression apparently means that Abraham’s servant will know where he should go if there is no further business here.

[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.

[30:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and also he has heard my voice.” The expression means that God responded positively to Rachel’s cry and granted her request.

[30:6]  ⁸ tn Or “therefore.”

[30:6]  ⁹ sn The name Dan means “he vindicated” or “he judged.” The name plays on the verb used in the statement which appears earlier in the verse. The verb translated “vindicated” is from דִּין (din, “to judge, to vindicate”), the same verbal root from which the name is derived. Rachel sensed that God was righting the wrong.

[44:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “his life is bound up in his life.”