Genesis 19:21

19:21 “Very well,” he replied, 1  “I will grant this request too 2  and will not overthrow 3  the town you mentioned.

Genesis 38:10

38:10 What he did was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord 4  killed him too.

1 tn Heb “And he said, ‘Look, I will grant.’” The order of the clauses has been rearranged for stylistic reasons. The referent of the speaker (“he”) is somewhat ambiguous: It could be taken as the angel to whom Lot has been speaking (so NLT; note the singular references in vv. 18-19), or it could be that Lot is speaking directly to the Lord here. Most English translations leave the referent of the pronoun unspecified and maintain the ambiguity.

2 tn Heb “I have lifted up your face [i.e., shown you favor] also concerning this matter.”

3 tn The negated infinitive construct indicates either the consequence of God’s granting the request (“I have granted this request, so that I will not”) or the manner in which he will grant it (“I have granted your request by not destroying”).

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