Genesis 16:13

16:13 So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” ¹  for she said, “Here I have seen one who sees me!” ² 

Genesis 18:29

18:29 Abraham ³  spoke to him again, ⁴  “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

Genesis 34:3

34:3 Then he became very attached ⁵  to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her. ⁶ 

Genesis 34:13

34:13 Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem ⁷  had violated their sister Dinah.

Genesis 34:20

34:20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate ⁸  of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

Genesis 42:24

42:24 He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again, ⁹  he had Simeon taken ¹⁰  from them and tied up ¹¹  before their eyes.

Genesis 42:30

42:30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us ¹²  as if we were ¹³  spying on the land.

Genesis 43:19

43:19 So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

Genesis 43:27

43:27 He asked them how they were doing. ¹⁴  Then he said, “Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?”

Genesis 50:21

50:21 So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly ¹⁵  to them.

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¹ tn Heb “God of my seeing.” The pronominal suffix may be understood either as objective (“who sees me,” as in the translation) or subjective (“whom I see”).

² tn Heb “after one who sees me.”

sn For a discussion of Hagar’s exclamation, see T. Booij, “Hagar’s Words in Genesis 16:13b,” VT 30 (1980): 1-7.

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn The construction is a verbal hendiadys – the preterite (“he added”) is combined with an adverb “yet” and an infinitive “to speak.”

⁵ tn Heb “his soul stuck to [or “joined with”],” meaning Shechem became very attached to Dinah emotionally.

⁶ tn Heb “and he spoke to the heart of the young woman,” which apparently refers in this context to tender, romantic speech (Hos 2:14). Another option is to translate the expression “he reassured the young woman” (see Judg 19:3, 2 Sam 19:7; cf. NEB “comforted her”).

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Shechem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ sn The gate. In an ancient Near Eastern city the gate complex was the location for conducting important public business.

⁹ tn Heb “and he turned to them and spoke to them.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “took Simeon.” This was probably done at Joseph’s command, however; the grand vizier of Egypt would not have personally seized a prisoner.

¹¹ tn Heb “and he bound him.” See the note on the preceding verb “taken.”

¹² tn Heb “made us.”

¹³ tn The words “if we were” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁴ tn Heb “concerning peace.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “spoke to their heart.”