Discovery BoxGenesis 20:10 
Context20:10 Then Abimelech asked 1 Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?” 2
Genesis 22:10
Context22:10 Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter 3 his son.
Genesis 49:26
Context49:26 The blessings of your father are greater
than 4 the blessings of the eternal mountains 5
or the desirable things of the age-old hills.
They will be on the head of Joseph
and on the brow of the prince of his brothers. 6
1 tn Heb “And Abimelech said to.”
2 tn Heb “What did you see that you did this thing?” The question implies that Abraham had some motive for deceiving Abimelech.
3 tn Heb “in order to slaughter.”
4 tn Heb “have prevailed over.”
5 tn One could interpret the phrase הוֹרַי (horay) to mean “my progenitors” (literally, “the ones who conceived me”), but the masculine form argues against this. It is better to emend the text to הַרֲרֵי (harare, “mountains of”) because it forms a better parallel with the next clause. In this case the final yod (י) on the form is a construct plural marker, not a pronominal suffix.
6 tn For further discussion of this passage, see I. Sonne, “Genesis 49:24-26,” JBL 65 (1946): 303-6.
