Genesis 19:9

19:9 “Out of our way!” ¹  they cried, and “This man came to live here as a foreigner, ²  and now he dares to judge us! ³  We’ll do more harm ⁴  to you than to them!” They kept ⁵  pressing in on Lot until they were close enough ⁶  to break down the door.

Genesis 30:15

30:15 But Leah replied, ⁷  “Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?” “All right,” ⁸  Rachel said, “he may sleep ⁹  with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 34:21

34:21 “These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough ¹⁰  for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry. ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Heb “approach out there” which could be rendered “Get out of the way, stand back!”

² tn Heb “to live as a resident alien.”

³ tn Heb “and he has judged, judging.” The infinitive absolute follows the finite verbal form for emphasis. This emphasis is reflected in the translation by the phrase “dares to judge.”

⁴ tn The verb “to do wickedly” is repeated here (see v. 7). It appears that whatever “wickedness” the men of Sodom had intended to do to Lot’s visitors – probably nothing short of homosexual rape – they were now ready to inflict on Lot.

⁵ tn Heb “and they pressed against the man, against Lot, exceedingly.”

⁶ tn Heb “and they drew near.”

⁷ tn Heb “and she said to her”; the referent of the pronoun “she” (Leah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “therefore.”

⁹ tn Heb “lie down.” The expression “lie down with” in this context (here and in the following verse) refers to sexual intercourse. The imperfect verbal form has a permissive nuance here.

¹⁰ tn Heb “wide on both hands,” that is, in both directions.

¹¹ tn The words “to marry” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.