Discovery Box| (0.58) | (Gen 40:1) | 2 sn The baker may be the Egyptian retehti, the head of the bakers, who had privileges in the royal court. |
| (0.58) | (Gen 10:14) | 4 sn The Caphtorites resided in Crete, but in Egyptian literature Caphtor refers to “the region beyond” the Mediterranean. |
| (0.58) | (Gen 10:14) | 2 sn The Casluhites lived in Crete and eventually settled east of the Egyptian Delta, between Egypt and Canaan. |
| (0.51) | (Gen 43:32) | 3 tn Heb “and they set for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who were eating with him by themselves, for the Egyptians are not able to eat food with the Hebrews, for it is an abomination for the Egyptians.” The imperfect verbal form in the explanatory clause is taken as habitual in force, indicating a practice that was still in effect in the narrator’s time. |
| (0.50) | (Amo 5:17) | 1 sn The expression pass through your midst alludes to Exod 12:12, where the Lord announced he would “pass through” Egypt and bring death to the Egyptian firstborn. |
| (0.50) | (Eze 29:10) | 2 sn This may refer to a site in the Egyptian Delta that served as a refuge for Jews (Jer 44:1; 46:14). |
| (0.50) | (Eze 29:3) | 3 sn In Egyptian theology Pharaoh owned and controlled the Nile. See J. D. Currid, Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament, 240-44. |
| (0.50) | (Eze 9:2) | 4 tn Or “a scribe’s inkhorn.” The Hebrew term occurs in the OT only in Ezek 9 and is believed to be an Egyptian loanword. |
| (0.50) | (Jer 46:5) | 1 sn The passage jumps forward in time here, moving from the Egyptian army being summoned to battle to a description of their being routed in defeat. |
| (0.50) | (Isa 30:4) | 2 sn Zoan was located in the Egyptian delta in the north; Hanes was located somewhere in southern region of lower Egypt, south of Memphis; the exact location is debated. |
| (0.50) | (Exo 11:2) | 3 sn Here neighbor refers to Egyptian neighbors, who are glad to see them go (12:33) and so willingly give their jewelry and vessels. |
| (0.50) | (Exo 8:14) | 1 tn Heb “and they piled them.” For clarity the translation supplies the referent “the Egyptians” as the ones who were piling the frogs. |
| (0.50) | (Exo 7:11) | 1 sn For information on this Egyptian material, see D. B. Redford, A Study of the Biblical Story of Joseph (VTSup), 203-4. |
| (0.50) | (Exo 6:6) | 3 tn Heb “from labor of them.” The antecedent of the pronoun is the Egyptians who have imposed slave labor on the Hebrews. |
| (0.50) | (Exo 6:1) | 3 sn In Exod 12:33 the Egyptians were eager to send (release) Israel away in haste because they all thought they were going to die. |
| (0.50) | (Exo 1:12) | 3 tn Heb “they felt a loathing before/because of”; the referent (the Egyptians) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 45:2) | 2 tn Heb “and the Egyptians heard and the household of Pharaoh heard.” Presumably in the latter case this was by means of a report. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 43:32) | 3 sn That the Egyptians found eating with foreigners disgusting is well-attested in extra-biblical literature by writers like Herodotus, Diodorus, and Strabo. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 41:8) | 3 tn The Hebrew term חַרְטֹם (khartom) is an Egyptian loanword (hyr-tp) that describes a class of priests who were skilled in such interpretations. |
| (0.47) | (Deu 23:8) | 1 sn Concessions were made to the Edomites and Egyptians (as compared to the others listed in vv. 1-6) because the Edomites (i.e., Esauites) were full “brothers” of Israel and the Egyptians had provided security and sustenance for Israel for more than four centuries. |
