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BSB If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
OEB so that you may not maltreat my daughters nor take other wives besides my daughters. No one is with us; but beware: God is witness between me and you.’
WEB If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.”
WMB (Same as above)
NET If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize that God is witness to your actions.”
LSV if you afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters—there is no man with us—see, God [is] witness between me and you.”
FBV If you treat my daughters badly or marry more wives in addition to them, God will see what you do even if no one else finds out!”
T4T If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take other women to be your wives, even if no one tells me about it, don’t forget that God sees what you and I are doing!”
LEB If you mistreat my daughters, and if you take wives besides my daughters, when there is no man with us, see—God is a witness between me and you.”
BBE If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.
Moff No Moff GEN book available
JPS If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives beside my daughters, no man being with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.'
ASV If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
DRA If thou afflict my daughters, and if thou bring in other wives over them: none is witness of our speech but God, who is present and beholdeth.
YLT if thou afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters — there is no man with us — see, God [is] witness between me and thee.'
Drby if thou shouldest afflict my daughters, or if thou shouldest take wives besides my daughters, — no man is with us; see, [fn]God is witness between me and thee!
RV If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
Wbstr If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives besides my daughters; no man is with us; See, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
KJB-1769 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
(If thou/you shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou/you shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee/you.)
KJB-1611 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wiues beside my daughters, no man is with vs; See, God is witnesse betwixt mee and thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as used by KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)
Bshps If thou shalt vexe my daughters, or shalt take other wyues beside my daughters: here is no man with vs, beholde, God is wytnesse betwixt me and thee.
(If thou/you shalt vexe my daughters, or shalt take other wives beside my daughters: here is no man with us, behold, God is witness betwixt me and thee/you.)
Gnva If thou shalt vexe my daughters, or shalt take wiues beside my daughters: there is no man with vs, beholde, God is witnesse betweene me and thee.
(If thou/you shalt vexe my daughters, or shalt take wives beside my daughters: there is no man with us, behold, God is witness between me and thee/you.)
Cvdl yf thou vexe my doughters, or take other wyues vnto them. There is no ma with vs, but lo, God is the wytnesse betwene me and the.
(yf thou/you vexe my daughters, or take other wives unto them. There is no man with us, but lo, God is the witness between me and them.)
Wyc if thou schalt turmente my douytris, and if thou schal brynge yn othere wyues on hem, noon is witnesse of oure word, outakun God, whiche is present, and biholdith.
(if thou/you shalt turmente my daughters, and if thou/you shall bring yn other wives on them, noon is witness of our word, outakun God, which is present, and biholdith.)
Luth wo du meine Töchter beleidigest oder andere Weiber dazu nimmst über meine Töchter. Es ist hie kein Mensch mit uns; siehe aber, GOtt ist der Zeuge zwischen mir und dir.
(wo you my Töchter beleidigest or other women in_addition nimmst above my Töchter. It is here kein person with uns; siehe aber, God is the/of_the Zeuge zwischen to_me and dir.)
ClVg si afflixeris filias meas, et si introduxeris alias uxores super eas: nullus sermonis nostri testis est absque Deo, qui præsens respicit.
(si afflixeris daughters meas, and when/but_if introduxeris alias uxores over eas: nullus sermonis our testis it_is without Deo, who præsens respicit.)
BrTr If thou shalt humble my daughters, if thou shouldest take wives in addition to my daughters, see, there is no one with us looking on. God is witness between me and thee.
BrLXX Εἰ ταπεινώσεις τὰς θυγατέρας μου, εἰ λάβῃς γυναῖκας πρὸς ταῖς θυγατράσι μου, ὅρα, οὐθεὶς μεθʼ ἡμῶν ἐστιν ὁρῶν· Θεὸς μάρτυς μεταξὺ ἐμοῦ καὶ μεταξὺ σοῦ.
(Ei tapeinōseis tas thugateras mou, ei labaʸs gunaikas pros tais thugatrasi mou, hora, outheis methʼ haʸmōn estin horōn; Theos martus metaxu emou kai metaxu sou.)
UTN uW Translation Notes:
אִם תְּעַנֶּ֣ה אֶת בְּנֹתַ֗י
if mistreat DOM daughters,my
See how you translated afflict in Gen 15:13 and 16:6, and how you translated a related word (“affliction”) in verse 42. Alternate translation: “If you oppress my daughters,”
וְאִם תִּקַּ֤ח נָשִׁים֙ עַל בְּנֹתַ֔י
and=if take women/wives on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in daughters,my
Alternate translation: “or if you marry other women besides them,”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / dual
אֵ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ עִמָּ֑נוּ רְאֵ֕ה
not (a)_man with,us see
See how you translated the pronoun “we” in verse 49.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אֱלֹהִ֥ים עֵ֖ד בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵינֶֽךָ
ʼElohīm witness between,me and,between,you
In his role as witness, God would also punish anyone who broke the covenant. You could make this information explicit in your translation or put it in a footnote. Alternate translation: “God always sees us and will punish us if we break our covenant”
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Genesis 21-35
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.