22:1 Some time after these things God tested 1 Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham 2 replied.
21:24 Abraham said, “I swear to do this.” 3
23:5 The sons of Heth answered Abraham, 4
23:12 Abraham bowed before the local people
23:14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
25:1 Abraham had taken 5 another 6 wife, named Keturah.
25:7 Abraham lived a total of 7 175 years.
1 sn The Hebrew verb used here means “to test; to try; to prove.” In this passage God tests Abraham to see if he would be obedient. See T. W. Mann, The Book of the Torah, 44-48. See also J. L. Crenshaw, A Whirlpool of Torment (OBT), 9-30; and J. I. Lawlor, “The Test of Abraham,” GTJ 1 (1980): 19-35.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “I swear.” No object is specified in the Hebrew text, but the content of the oath requested by Abimelech is the implied object.
4 tn Heb “answered Abraham saying to him.”
5 tn Or “took.”
sn Abraham had taken another wife. These events are not necessarily in chronological order following the events of the preceding chapter. They are listed here to summarize Abraham’s other descendants before the narrative of his death.
6 tn Heb “And Abraham added and took.”
7 tn Heb “and these are the days of the years of the lifetime of Abraham that he lived.” The normal genealogical formula is expanded here due to the importance of the life of Abraham.