Kejadian 27:45

27:45 Stay there ¹  until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I’ll send someone to bring you back from there. ²  Why should I lose both of you in one day?” ³ 

Kejadian 32:17

32:17 He instructed the servant leading the first herd, ⁴  “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong? ⁵  Where are you going? Whose herds are you driving?’ ⁶ 

Kejadian 35:1

The Return to Bethel

35:1 Then God said to Jacob, “Go up at once ⁷  to Bethel ⁸  and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” ⁹ 

[27:45]  ¹ tn The words “stay there” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[27:45]  ² tn Heb “and I will send and I will take you from there.” The verb “send” has no object in the Hebrew text; one must be supplied in the translation. Either “someone” or “a message” could be supplied, but since in those times a message would require a messenger, “someone” has been used.

[27:45]  ³ tn If Jacob stayed, he would be killed and Esau would be forced to run away.

[32:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “the first”; this has been specified as “the servant leading the first herd” in the translation for clarity.

[32:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “to whom are you?”

[32:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and to whom are these before you?”

[35:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “arise, go up.” The first imperative gives the command a sense of urgency.

[35:1]  ⁸ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[35:1]  ⁹ sn God is calling on Jacob to fulfill his vow he made when he fled from…Esau (see Gen 28:20-22).