Genesis 24:3

24:3 so that I may make you solemnly promise5 by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire6 a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

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5	tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose.
6	tn Heb “because you must not take.”