Genesis 18:23

18:23 Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

Genesis 18:26

18:26 So the Lord replied, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

Genesis 31:48

31:48 Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement 1  today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

Genesis 42:23

42:23 (Now 2  they did not know that Joseph could understand them, 3  for he was speaking through an interpreter.) 4 

1 tn Heb “a witness between me and you.”

2 tn The disjunctive clause provides supplemental information that is important to the story.

3 tn “was listening.” The brothers were not aware that Joseph could understand them as they spoke the preceding words in their native language.

4 tn Heb “for [there was] an interpreter between them.” On the meaning of the word here translated “interpreter” see HALOT 590 s.v. מֵלִיץ and M. A. Canney, “The Hebrew melis (Prov IX 12; Gen XLII 2-3),” AJSL 40 (1923/24): 135-37.