22:24 We swear we have done this because we were worried that48 in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord God of Israel?49
tnHeb “Surely, from worry concerning a matter we have done this, saying.”
49
tnHeb “What is there to you and to the Lord God of Israel?” The rhetorical question is sarcastic in tone and anticipates a response, “Absolutely none!”