Genesis 4:5

4:5 but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. ¹  So Cain became very angry, ²  and his expression was downcast. ³ 

Genesis 24:4

24:4 You must go instead to my country and to my relatives ⁴  to find ⁵  a wife for my son Isaac.”

Genesis 24:29

24:29 (Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) ⁶  Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.

Genesis 24:38

24:38 but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find ⁷  a wife for my son.’

Genesis 26:2

26:2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; ⁸  settle down in the land that I will point out to you. ⁹ 

Genesis 26:27

26:27 Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me? You hate me ¹⁰  and sent me away from you.”

Genesis 28:7

28:7 Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram.

Genesis 29:21

29:21 Finally Jacob said ¹¹  to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. ¹²  I want to have marital relations with her.” ¹³ 

Genesis 29:23

29:23 In the evening he brought his daughter Leah ¹⁴  to Jacob, ¹⁵  and Jacob ¹⁶  had marital relations with her. ¹⁷ 

Genesis 31:3

31:3 The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers ¹⁸  and to your relatives. I will be with you.” ¹⁹ 

Genesis 34:20

34:20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate ²⁰  of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

Genesis 42:14

42:14 But Joseph told them, “It is just as I said to you: ²¹  You are spies!

Genesis 43:19

43:19 So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

Genesis 47:5

47:5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

[4:5]  ¹ sn The Letter to the Hebrews explains the difference between the brothers as one of faith – Abel by faith offered a better sacrifice. Cain’s offering as well as his reaction to God’s displeasure did not reflect faith. See further B. K. Waltke, “Cain and His Offering,” WTJ 48 (1986): 363-72.

[4:5]  ² tn Heb “and it was hot to Cain.” This Hebrew idiom means that Cain “burned” with anger.

[4:5]  ³ tn Heb “And his face fell.” The idiom means that the inner anger is reflected in Cain’s facial expression. The fallen or downcast face expresses anger, dejection, or depression. Conversely, in Num 6 the high priestly blessing speaks of the Lord lifting up his face and giving peace.

[24:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “for to my country and my relatives you must go.”

[24:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “and take.”

[24:29]  ⁷ tn The parenthetical disjunctive clause introduces the audience to Laban, who will eventually play an important role in the unfolding story.

[24:38]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “but to the house of my father you must go and to my family and you must take a wife for my son.”

[26:2]  ¹³ sn Do not go down to Egypt. The words echo Gen 12:10, which reports that “Abram went down to Egypt,” but state the opposite.

[26:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “say to you.”

[26:27]  ¹⁶ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial, expressing the reason for his question.

[29:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and Jacob said.”

[29:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “my days are fulfilled.”

[29:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “and I will go in to her.” The verb is a cohortative; it may be subordinated to the preceding request, “that I may go in,” or it may be an independent clause expressing his desire. The verb “go in” in this context refers to sexual intercourse (i.e., the consummation of the marriage).

[29:23]  ²² tn Heb “and it happened in the evening that he took Leah his daughter and brought her.”

[29:23]  ²³ tn Heb “to him”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:23]  ²⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:23]  ²⁵ tn Heb “went in to her.” The expression “went in to” in this context refers to sexual intercourse, i.e., the consummation of the marriage.

[31:3]  ²⁵ tn Or perhaps “ancestors” (so NRSV), although the only “ancestors” Jacob had there were his grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac.

[31:3]  ²⁶ sn I will be with you. Though Laban was no longer “with him,” the Lord promised to be.

[34:20]  ²⁸ sn The gate. In an ancient Near Eastern city the gate complex was the location for conducting important public business.

[42:14]  ³¹ tn Heb “to you, saying.”