Genesis 13:2

13:2 (Now Abram was very wealthy ¹  in livestock, silver, and gold.) ² 

Genesis 17:24

17:24 Now Abraham was 99 years old ³  when he was circumcised; ⁴ 

Genesis 27:8

27:8 Now then, my son, do ⁵  exactly what I tell you! ⁶ 

Genesis 43:1

The Second Journey to Egypt

43:1 Now the famine was severe in the land. ⁷ 

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¹ tn Heb “heavy.”

² tn This parenthetical clause, introduced by the vav (ו) disjunctive (translated “now”), provides information necessary to the point of the story.

³ tn Heb “the son of ninety-nine years.”

⁴ tn Heb “circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin” (also in v. 25).

⁵ tn Heb “listen to my voice.” The Hebrew idiom means “to comply; to obey.”

⁶ tn Heb “to that which I am commanding you.”

⁷ tn The disjunctive clause gives supplemental information that is important to the storyline.