Genesis 8:5

8:5 The waters kept on receding ¹  until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible. ² 

Genesis 19:22

19:22 Run there quickly, ³  for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.) ⁴ 

Genesis 21:26

21:26 “I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied. “Moreover, ⁵  you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.”

Genesis 24:19-20

24:19 When she had done so, ⁶  she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have drunk as much as they want.” 24:20 She quickly emptied ⁷  her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.

Genesis 24:33

24:33 When food was served, ⁸  he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.” ⁹  “Tell us,” Laban said. ¹⁰ 

Genesis 29:8

29:8 “We can’t,” they said, “until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well. Then we water ¹¹  the sheep.”

Genesis 32:4

32:4 He commanded them, “This is what you must say to my lord Esau: ‘This is what your servant ¹²  Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.

Genesis 34:5

34:5 When ¹³  Jacob heard that Shechem ¹⁴  had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent ¹⁵  until they came in.

Genesis 38:17

38:17 He replied, “I’ll send you a young goat from the flock.” She asked, “Will you give me a pledge until you send it?” ¹⁶ 

Genesis 41:49

41:49 Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, ¹⁷  until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

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¹ tn Heb “the waters were going and lessening.” The perfect verb form הָיָה (hayah) is used as an auxiliary verb with the infinitive absolute חָסוֹר (khasor, “lessening”), while the infinitive absolute הָלוֹךְ (halokh) indicates continuous action.

² tn Or “could be seen.”

³ tn Heb “Be quick! Escape to there!” The two imperatives form a verbal hendiadys, the first becoming adverbial.

⁴ tn Heb “Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.” The name of the place, צוֹעַר (tso’ar) apparently means “Little Place,” in light of the wordplay with the term “little” (מִצְעָר, mits’ar) used twice by Lot to describe the town (v. 20).

⁵ tn Heb “and also.”

⁶ tn Heb “when she had finished giving him a drink.” This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “and she hurried and emptied.”

⁸ tn Heb “and food was placed before him.”

⁹ tn Heb “my words.”

¹⁰ tc Some ancient textual witnesses have a plural verb, “and they said.”

tn Heb “and he said, ‘Speak.’” The referent (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn The perfect verbal forms with the vav (ו) consecutive carry on the sequence begun by the initial imperfect form.

¹² sn Your servant. The narrative recounts Jacob’s groveling in fear before Esau as he calls his brother his “lord,” as if to minimize what had been done twenty years ago.

¹³ tn The two disjunctive clauses in this verse (“Now Jacob heard…and his sons were”) are juxtaposed to indicate synchronic action.

¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Shechem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ sn The expected response would be anger or rage; but Jacob remained silent. He appears too indifferent or confused to act decisively. When the leader does not act decisively, the younger zealots will, and often with disastrous results.

¹⁶ tn Heb “until you send.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “and Joseph gathered grain like the sand of the sea, multiplying much.” To emphasize the vast amount of grain he stored up, the Hebrew text modifies the verb “gathered” with an infinitive absolute and an adverb.