26:12 When Isaac planted in that land, he reaped in the same year a hundred times what he had sown, 1 because the Lord blessed him. 2
22:1 Some time after these things God tested 3 Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham 4 replied.
24:1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, 5 and the Lord had blessed him 6 in everything.
24:52 When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.
1 tn Heb “a hundredfold.”
2 tn This final clause explains why Isaac had such a bountiful harvest.
3 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.
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “days.”
6 tn Heb “Abraham.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons.