² tn Or “Therefore.” The particle אָז (ʾaz) here is not introducing the next item in a series of events. It points back to the past (“at that time,” see Gen 4:26) or to a logical connection (“therefore, consequently”).

¹ tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

¹ tn The genitive noun τῆς δόξης (tēs doxēs) is an attributive genitive and has therefore been translated as “glorious riches.”

¹ tn Grk “Therefore he also says in another”; the word “psalm” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

² sn Except for Joshua (v. 11) none of these individuals is otherwise mentioned and therefore they cannot be further identified.

¹ tn The vav consecutive + preterite form וָאֱהִי (vaʾehi) introduces a consequential or result clause; cf. NAB “Therefore,” NCV “That is why.”

² tn Heb “Therefore, thus says the Lord…” The person is shifted from third to first to better conform with English style.

¹ tn The vav (ו) prefixed to the verb וְיֹאכְלוּ (v^eyoʾkh^elu) functions in a consecutive logical sense: “therefore.”

³ tn The verse is not present in the LXX. It may be that it was considered too blasphemous and therefore omitted.

¹ tn Heb “Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”

¹ tn Heb “Therefore, look, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”

¹ sn Nahshon was an ancestor of Boaz and David, and therefore of Christ (Luke 3:32-33).

⁴ tn The word suggests “the ones lifted up” above others, and therefore the rulers or the chiefs of the people.

⁴ tn Heb “for therefore I have seen your face like seeing the face of God and you have accepted me.”

² tn The prepositional phrase ἐν δυνάμει (en dunamei) seems to be functioning adverbially, related to the participle, and has therefore been translated “powerfully.”

³ tn The genitive construction πάσης κτίσεως (pasēs ktiseōs) is a genitive of subordination and is therefore translated as “over all creation.” See ExSyn 103-4.

¹ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what Paul has been arguing.

¹ sn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

¹ sn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

¹ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.