Genesis 18:7

18:7 Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, ¹  who quickly prepared it. ² 

Genesis 19:22

19:22 Run there quickly, ³  for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.) ⁴ 

Genesis 24:20

24:20 She quickly emptied ⁵  her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.

Genesis 27:20

27:20 But Isaac asked his son, “How in the world ⁶  did you find it so quickly, ⁷  my son?” “Because the Lord your God brought it to me,” ⁸  he replied. ⁹ 

Genesis 32:22

32:22 During the night Jacob quickly took ¹⁰  his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons ¹¹  and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. ¹² 

Genesis 41:14

41:14 Then Pharaoh summoned ¹³  Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.

Genesis 45:13

45:13 So tell ¹⁴  my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!” ¹⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “the young man.”

² tn The construction uses the Piel preterite, “he hurried,” followed by the infinitive construct; the two probably form a verbal hendiadys: “he quickly prepared.”

³ tn Heb “Be quick! Escape to there!” The two imperatives form a verbal hendiadys, the first becoming adverbial.

⁴ tn Heb “Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.” The name of the place, צוֹעַר (tso’ar) apparently means “Little Place,” in light of the wordplay with the term “little” (מִצְעָר, mits’ar) used twice by Lot to describe the town (v. 20).

⁵ tn Heb “and she hurried and emptied.”

⁶ tn Heb “What is this?” The enclitic pronoun “this” adds emphasis to the question, which is comparable to the English rhetorical question, “How in the world?”

⁷ tn Heb “you hastened to find.” In translation the infinitive becomes the main verb and the first verb becomes adverbial.

⁸ tn Heb “caused to meet before me.”

⁹ tn Heb “and he said, ‘Because the Lord your God….’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and he arose in that night and he took.” The first verb is adverbial, indicating that he carried out the crossing right away.

¹¹ tn The Hebrew term used here is יֶלֶד (yeled) which typically describes male offspring. Some translations render the term “children” but this is a problem because by this time Jacob had twelve children in all, including one daughter, Dinah, born to Leah (Gen 30:21). Benjamin, his twelfth son and thirteenth child, was not born until later (Gen 35:16-19).

¹² sn Hebrew narrative style often includes a summary statement of the whole passage followed by a more detailed report of the event. Here v. 22 is the summary statement, while v. 23 begins the detailed account.

¹³ tn Heb “and Pharaoh sent and called,” indicating a summons to the royal court.

¹⁴ tn The perfect verbal form with the vav consecutive here expresses instruction.

¹⁵ tn Heb “and hurry and bring down my father to here.”