Genesis 34:9

34:9 Intermarry with us. ¹  Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves. ² 

Genesis 42:36

42:36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. ³  Simeon is gone. ⁴  And now you want to take ⁵  Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

[34:9]  ¹ tn Heb “form marriage alliances with us.”

[34:9]  ² tn Heb “Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.” In the translation the words “let…marry” and “as wives” are supplied for clarity.

[42:36]  ³ tn Heb “is not.”

[42:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “is not.”

[42:36]  ⁵ tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is desiderative here.