Discovery BoxGenesis 18:23 
Context18:23 Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?
Genesis 18:26
Context18:26 So the Lord replied, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
Genesis 31:48
Context31:48 Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement 1 today.” That is why it was called Galeed.
Genesis 42:23
Context42:23 (Now 2 they did not know that Joseph could understand them, 3 for he was speaking through an interpreter.) 4
1 tn Heb “a witness between me and you.”
2 tn The disjunctive clause provides supplemental information that is important to the story.
3 tn “was listening.” The brothers were not aware that Joseph could understand them as they spoke the preceding words in their native language.
4 tn Heb “for [there was] an interpreter between them.” On the meaning of the word here translated “interpreter” see HALOT 590 s.v. מֵלִיץ and M. A. Canney, “The Hebrew melis (Prov IX 12; Gen XLII 2-3),” AJSL 40 (1923/24): 135-37.
