Genesis 27:9

27:9 Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I’ll prepare ¹  them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them.

Genesis 35:3

35:3 Let us go up at once ²  to Bethel. Then I will make ³  an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress ⁴  and has been with me wherever I went.” ⁵ 

[27:9]  ¹ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative (with the prefixed conjunction) indicates purpose or result.

[35:3]  ² tn Heb “let us arise and let us go up.” The first cohortative gives the statement a sense of urgency.

[35:3]  ³ tn The cohortative with the prefixed conjunction here indicates purpose or consequence.

[35:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “day of distress.” See Ps 20:1 which utilizes similar language.

[35:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the way in which I went.” Jacob alludes here to God’s promise to be with him (see Gen 28:20).