Discovery BoxGenesis 9:9 
Context9:9 “Look! I now confirm 1 my covenant with you and your descendants after you 2
Genesis 20:15
Context20:15 Then Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.” 3
Genesis 25:32
Context25:32 “Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?” 4
Genesis 27:6
Context27:6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau,
1 tn Heb “I, look, I confirm.” The particle הִנְנִי (hinni) used with the participle מֵקִים (meqim) gives the sense of immediacy or imminence, as if to say, “Look! I am now confirming.”
2 tn The three pronominal suffixes (translated “you,” “your,” and “you”) are masculine plural. As v. 8 indicates, Noah and his sons are addressed.
3 tn Heb “In the [place that is] good in your eyes live!”
4 tn Heb “And what is this to me, a birthright?”
