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OET (OET-RV)and I want you to vow by Yahweh, the God of the heavens and the God of the earth, that you won’t select a wife for my son Yitshak from any of the Canaanite women in this area where we’re living.
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXXΚαὶ ἐξορκιῶ σε Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τὸν Θεὸν τῆς γῆς, ἵνα μὴ λάβῃς γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου Ἰσαὰκ ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν Χαναναίων, μεθʼ ὧν ἐγὼ οἰκῶ ἐν αὐτοις. (Kai exorkiō se Kurion ton Theon tou ouranou kai ton Theon taʸs gaʸs, hina maʸ labaʸs gunaika tōi huiōi mou Isaʼak apo tōn thugaterōn tōn Ⱪananaiōn, methʼ hōn egō oikō en autois. )
BrTrand I will adjure thee by the Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Chananites, with whom I dwell, in the midst of them.
ULTand I will have you swear by Yahweh, the God of the heavens and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites whom I am living among,
USTI want you to vow to me, with Yahweh the God who rules the heavens and the earth as your witness, that you will not arrange for my son Isaac to marry any of the Canaanite women who live around us here.
BSBand I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
OEBwhile I make you promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not let my son marry one of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,
WEBBEI will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, amongst whom I live.
NETso that I may make you solemnly promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.
LSVand I cause you to swear by YHWH, God of the heavens and God of the earth, that you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;
FBVand swear an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you won't arrange for my son to marry any daughter of the these Canaanite people that I'm living among.
T4TKnowing that Yahweh God who created the heavens and the earth is listening, promise that you will not get a wife for my son, Isaac, from the women here in Canaan.
LEBthat I may make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose midst I am dwelling,
BBEAnd take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
JPSAnd I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
ASVand I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
DRAThat I may make thee swear by the Lord the God of heaven and earth, that thou take not a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Chanaanites, among whom I dwell:
YLTand I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;
Drbyand I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the [fn]God of the heavens and the [fn]God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am dwelling;
RVand I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
WbstrAnd I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I dwell:
KJB-1769And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: (And I will make thee/you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou/you shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: )
KJB-1611And I will make thee sweare by the LORD the God of heauen, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell. (And I will make thee/you swear by the LORD the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou/you shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell.)
BshpsAnd I wyll make thee sweare by the Lorde God of heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Chanaanites, amongest which I dwel: (And I will make thee/you swear by the Lord God of heaven, and God of the earth, that thou/you shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, amongst which I dwel:)
GnvaAnd I will make thee sweare by ye Lord God of the heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites among who I dwel. (And I will make thee/you swear by ye/you_all Lord God of the heaven, and God of the earth, that thou/you shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites among who I dwel. )
CvdlI maye make the sweare by ye LORDE the God of heauen and earth, that thou take no wife vnto my sonne amonge ye doughters of ye Cananites, (amonge whom I dwell) (I may make the swear by ye/you_all LORD the God of heaven and earth, that thou/you take no wife unto my son among ye/you_all daughters of ye/you_all Canaanites, (amonge whom I dwell))
Wyclthat Y coniure thee bi the Lord God of heuene and of erthe, that thou take not a wijf to my sone of the douytris of Chanaan, among whiche Y dwelle; (that I coniure thee/you by the Lord God of heaven and of earth, that thou/you take not a wife to my son of the daughters of Chanaan, among which I dwelle;)
Luthund schwöre mir bei dem HErr’s, dem GOtt des Himmels und der Erde, daß du meinem Sohn kein Weib nehmest von den Töchtern der Kanaaniter, unter welchen ich wohne; (and schwöre to_me at to_him LORD’s, to_him God the heavens and the/of_the earth, that you my son kein woman nehmest from the Töchtern the/of_the Kanaaniter, under welchen I wohne;)
ClVgut adjurem te per Dominum Deum cæli et terræ, ut non accipias uxorem filio meo de filiabus Chananæorum, inter quos habito:[fn] (ut adyurem you(sg) through Dominum God cæli and terræ, as not/no accipias wife filio mine about daughterbus Chananæorum, between which habito: )
24.3Ut non accipias. GREG. Allegorice. Isaac de filiabus Chananæorum uxor prohibetur, quia Christo nullæ reproborum animæ conjunguntur. De cognatione uxor duci præcipitur, quia sola electorum Ecclesia Christo copulanda erat, quam ipse Unigenitus ex prædestinatione et præscientia jam extraneam non habebat. Puer qui ad uxorem deducendam mittitur, prophetarum et apostolorum, omniumque doctorum ordo est; qui dum verbum prædicationis faciunt, cujusque animæ quasi conjungendæ unigenito Filio provisores fiunt.
24.3Ut not/no accipias. GREG. Allegorice. Isaac about daughterbus Chananæorum wife prohibetur, because Christo nullæ reproborum animæ conyunguntur. De cognatione wife duci præcipitur, because sola electorum Ecclesia Christo copulanda was, how exactly_that/himself Unigenitus from prædestinatione and præscientia yam extraneam not/no habebat. Puer who to wife deducendam mittitur, prophetarum and apostolorum, omniumque doctorum ordo est; who dum the_word prælet_him_sayionis faciunt, cuyusque animæ as_if conyungendæ unigenito Filio provisores fiunt.
Decide the best way to translate this command in your language. Also, see how you translated swear in Gen 21:23, and see the note about that there. Alternate translation: “and vow to me” or “and make an unbreakable promise to me”
in/on/at/with,LORD god the=heavens and,God the=earth/land
See how you translated “the heavens and the earth” in Gen 1:1. Alternate translation: “with Yahweh as your witness, the God who rules the heavens and the earth,”
For some languages it is clearer and more natural to make “Isaac” explicit here in verse 3 rather than wait until the end of verse 4. Do what is best in your language. Also, see how you translated the idiom “took a wife for” in Gen 21:21. Alternate translation: “that you will not get a woman for my son Isaac to marry from among”
from,daughters the,Canaanites which/who I live in/on/at/with,midst,him
Make sure your translation does not sound like Abraham was living by himself among the Canaanites; his family and servants also lived among them with him. Alternate translation: “the Canaanite women whom we live among”
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
