Kejadian 24:8

24:8 But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, ¹  you will be free ²  from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”

Kejadian 32:11

32:11 Rescue me, ³  I pray, from the hand ⁴  of my brother Esau, ⁵  for I am afraid he will come ⁶  and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children. ⁷ 

Kejadian 39:12

39:12 She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, “Have sex with me!” But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran ⁸  outside. ⁹ 

[24:8]  ¹ tn Heb “ to go after you.”

[24:8]  ² sn You will be free. If the prospective bride was not willing to accompany the servant back to Canaan, the servant would be released from his oath to Abraham.

[32:11]  ³ tn The imperative has the force of a prayer here, not a command.

[32:11]  ⁴ tn The “hand” here is a metonymy for “power.”

[32:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau.”

[32:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “for I am afraid of him, lest he come.”

[32:11]  ⁷ sn Heb “me, [the] mother upon [the] sons.” The first person pronoun “me” probably means here “me and mine,” as the following clause suggests.

[39:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “he fled and he went out.” The construction emphasizes the point that Joseph got out of there quickly.

[39:12]  ⁹ sn For discussion of this episode, see A. M. Honeyman, “The Occasion of Joseph’s Temptation,” VT 2 (1952): 85-87.