Genesis 4:14

4:14 Look! You are driving me off the land ¹  today, and I must hide from your presence. ²  I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 47:29

47:29 The time ³  for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh ⁴  and show me kindness and faithfulness. ⁵  Do not bury me in Egypt,

¹ tn Heb “from upon the surface of the ground.”

² sn I must hide from your presence. The motif of hiding from the Lord as a result of sin also appears in Gen 3:8-10.

³ tn Heb “days.”

⁴ sn On the expression put your hand under my thigh see Gen 24:2.

⁵ tn Or “deal with me in faithful love.”