Genesis 4:23

4:23 Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah! Listen to me!

You wives of Lamech, hear my words!

I have killed a man for wounding me,

a young man ¹  for hurting 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. ²  As he blessed him, ³  Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.” ⁴ 

Genesis 31:35

31:35 Rachel ⁵  said to her father, “Don’t be angry, ⁶  my lord. I cannot stand up ⁷  in your presence because I am having my period.” ⁸  So he searched thoroughly, ⁹  but did not find the idols.

[4:23]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term יֶלֶד (yeled) probably refers to a youthful warrior here, not a child.

[28:6]  ² tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”

[28:6]  ³ tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.

[28:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

[31:35]  ³ tn Heb “she”; the referent (Rachel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[31:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “let it not be hot in the eyes of my lord.” This idiom refers to anger, in this case as a result of Rachel’s failure to stand in the presence of her father as a sign of respect.

[31:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “I am unable to rise.”

[31:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “the way of women is to me.” This idiom refers to a woman’s menstrual period.

[31:35]  ⁷ tn The word “thoroughly” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.