Genesis 7:16

7:16 Those that entered were male and female, ¹  just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.

Genesis 21:1

The Birth of Isaac

21:1 The Lord visited ²  Sarah just as he had said he would and did ³  for Sarah what he had promised. ⁴ 

Genesis 21:4

21:4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, ⁵  Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do. ⁶ 

Genesis 41:13

41:13 It happened just as he had said ⁷  to us – Pharaoh ⁸  restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.” ⁹ 

Genesis 41:28

41:28 This is just what I told ¹⁰  Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

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¹ tn Heb “Those that went in, male and female from all flesh they went in.”

² sn The Hebrew verb translated “visit” (פָּקַד, paqad ) often describes divine intervention for blessing or cursing; it indicates God’s special attention to an individual or a matter, always with respect to his people’s destiny. He may visit (that is, destroy) the Amalekites; he may visit (that is, deliver) his people in Egypt. Here he visits Sarah, to allow her to have the promised child. One’s destiny is changed when the Lord “visits.” For a more detailed study of the term, see G. André, Determining the Destiny (ConBOT).

³ tn Heb “and the Lord did.” The divine name has not been repeated here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “spoken.”

⁵ tn Heb “Isaac his son, the son of eight days.” The name “Isaac” is repeated in the translation for clarity.

⁶ sn Just as God had commanded him to do. With the birth of the promised child, Abraham obeyed the Lord by both naming (Gen 17:19) and circumcising Isaac (17:12).

⁷ tn Heb “interpreted.”

⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Pharaoh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the baker) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “it is the word that I spoke.”