18:20 So the Lord said, “The outcry against 1 Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant 2
21:8 The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared 3 a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 4
1 tn Heb “the outcry of Sodom,” which apparently refers to the outcry for divine justice from those (unidentified persons) who observe its sinful ways.
2 tn Heb “heavy.”
3 tn Heb “made.”
4 sn Children were weaned closer to the age of two or three in the ancient world, because infant mortality was high. If an infant grew to this stage, it was fairly certain he or she would live. Such an event called for a celebration, especially for parents who had waited so long for a child.