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People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV YHWH the_god_of the_heavens who he_took_me from_the_household_of my_father_of_my and_from_the_land_of my_kindred_of_my and_which he_spoke to_me and_which he_swore_an_oath to_me to_say to_offspring_of_your I_will_give DOM the_earth/land (the)_this he he_will_send messenger_of_his to_your_face and_you_will_take a_wife for_son_of_my from_there.
OET (OET-RV) “Yahweh, the god of the heavens, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and who promised me, saying, ‘I’ll give this land to your descendants,’ he’ll send his messenger ahead of you, and you’ll be guaranteed to bring back a wife for my son from there.
יְהוָ֣ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם
YHWH god_of (Some words not found in UHB: YHWH god_of the=heavens which/who he,took_me from,the_household_of my_father_of,my and,from,the_land_of my_kindred_of,my and=which he/it_had_said to=me and=which swore to=me to=say to,offspring_of,your give DOM the=earth/land (the),this he/it he/it_will_send_out/away angel_of,his to=your=face and,you_will_take woman/wife for,son_of,my from=there )
Make sure it is clear in your translation that verse 7 gives the reason for verse 6. Also, see how you translated the God of the heavens in verse 3. Alternate translation: [because Yahweh, the God who created the heavens]
וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ מֽוֹלַדְתִּי֒
and,from,the_land_of (Some words not found in UHB: YHWH god_of the=heavens which/who he,took_me from,the_household_of my_father_of,my and,from,the_land_of my_kindred_of,my and=which he/it_had_said to=me and=which swore to=me to=say to,offspring_of,your give DOM the=earth/land (the),this he/it he/it_will_send_out/away angel_of,his to=your=face and,you_will_take woman/wife for,son_of,my from=there )
Alternate translation: [and from the land where the rest of my family live]
וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּר־לִ֜י וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־לִי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר
(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH god_of the=heavens which/who he,took_me from,the_household_of my_father_of,my and,from,the_land_of my_kindred_of,my and=which he/it_had_said to=me and=which swore to=me to=say to,offspring_of,your give DOM the=earth/land (the),this he/it he/it_will_send_out/away angel_of,his to=your=face and,you_will_take woman/wife for,son_of,my from=there )
Alternate translation: [and he made an vow to me and said] or [and he made an unbreakable promise to me and said]
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔ אֶתֵּ֖ן אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את
to,offspring_of,your (Some words not found in UHB: YHWH god_of the=heavens which/who he,took_me from,the_household_of my_father_of,my and,from,the_land_of my_kindred_of,my and=which he/it_had_said to=me and=which swore to=me to=say to,offspring_of,your give DOM the=earth/land (the),this he/it he/it_will_send_out/away angel_of,his to=your=face and,you_will_take woman/wife for,son_of,my from=there )
The phrase this land refers to the land of Canaan here, not the land where Abraham’s relatives lived. Make sure that is clear in your translation. Also, consider whether it is better in your language to translate this embedded quote with a direct quote or an indirect quote. Alternate translation: [I will give this land to your offspring] or [that he will give this land where we live to my descendants]
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥
(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH god_of the=heavens which/who he,took_me from,the_household_of my_father_of,my and,from,the_land_of my_kindred_of,my and=which he/it_had_said to=me and=which swore to=me to=say to,offspring_of,your give DOM the=earth/land (the),this he/it he/it_will_send_out/away angel_of,his to=your=face and,you_will_take woman/wife for,son_of,my from=there )
Alternate translation: [so that you will be able to find] or [so that you can get]
אִשָּׁ֛ה לִבְנִ֖י מִשָּֽׁם
(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH god_of the=heavens which/who he,took_me from,the_household_of my_father_of,my and,from,the_land_of my_kindred_of,my and=which he/it_had_said to=me and=which swore to=me to=say to,offspring_of,your give DOM the=earth/land (the),this he/it he/it_will_send_out/away angel_of,his to=your=face and,you_will_take woman/wife for,son_of,my from=there )
See how you translated “take/find a wife for” in verses 3–4. Alternate translation: [a wife from there for my son to marry] or [a wife from my home land for my son to marry]
OET-LV YHWH the_god_of the_heavens who he_took_me from_the_household_of my_father_of_my and_from_the_land_of my_kindred_of_my and_which he_spoke to_me and_which he_swore_an_oath to_me to_say to_offspring_of_your I_will_give DOM the_earth/land (the)_this he he_will_send messenger_of_his to_your_face and_you_will_take a_wife for_son_of_my from_there.
OET (OET-RV) “Yahweh, the god of the heavens, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and who promised me, saying, ‘I’ll give this land to your descendants,’ he’ll send his messenger ahead of you, and you’ll be guaranteed to bring back a wife for my son from there.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.