Genesis 27:44

27:44 Live with him for a little while ¹  until your brother’s rage subsides.

Genesis 2:2

2:2 By ²  the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, ³  and he ceased ⁴  on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

Genesis 45:10

45:10 You will live ⁵  in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me – you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

[27:44]  ¹ tn Heb “a few days.” Rebekah probably downplays the length of time Jacob will be gone, perhaps to encourage him and assure him that things will settle down soon. She probably expects Esau’s anger to die down quickly. However, Jacob ends up being gone twenty years and he never sees Rebekah again.

[2:2]  ² tn Heb “on/in the seventh day.”

[2:2]  ³ tn Heb “his work which he did [or “made”].”

[2:2]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term שָׁבַּת (shabbat) can be translated “to rest” (“and he rested”) but it basically means “to cease.” This is not a rest from exhaustion; it is the cessation of the work of creation.

[45:10]  ³ tn The perfect verbal form with vav consecutive here expresses instruction.