| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 24:3:1 ⧉וְאַשְׁבִּ֣יעֲךָ֔veashbiakha{And} I will make you swear Genesis 24:3:2 ⧉בּֽ͏ַיהוָה֙bayahwehby the LORD Genesis 24:3:3 ⧉אֱלֹהֵ֣יeloheGod of Genesis 24:3:4 ⧉הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםhashamayimthe heavens Genesis 24:3:5 ⧉וֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵ֖יveeloheand God of Genesis 24:3:6 ⧉הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earth Genesis 24:3:7 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֨רasherthat Genesis 24:3:8 ⧉לֹֽא־תִקַּ֤חlotikakhyou shall not take Genesis 24:3:9 ⧉אִשָּׁה֙ishaa wife Genesis 24:3:10 ⧉לִבְנִ֔יlivenifor my son Genesis 24:3:11 ⧉מִבְּנוֹת֙mibenotfrom the daughters of Genesis 24:3:12 ⧉הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔יhakenaanithe Canaanite Genesis 24:3:13 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhere Genesis 24:3:14 ⧉אָנֹכִ֖יanokhiI Genesis 24:3:15 ⧉יוֹשֵׁ֥בyoshevdwell Genesis 24:3:16 ⧉בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃bekirboamong them |
| 3. Formal Translation And I will make you swear by the LORD {Yahweh, Oath Witness}, 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 among whom I dwell. |
| 3. Dynamic Translation I am putting you under oath by the LORD {Yahweh, Sole Ruler}, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you must not get a wife for my son from the Canaanite women living here with me. |