¹ tn Heb “served” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); cf. NLT “earned a wife.”

³ tn Heb “she”; the referent (the wife) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”

³ tn Heb “Elkanah knew his wife.” The Hebrew expression is a euphemism for sexual relations.

⁵ tn Heb “he and his wife and his two sons.” The LXX omits “two.”

³ tn Heb “for we did not take each his wife in battle.”

¹ tn Heb “take.” In context this means “take as wife,” i.e., “marry.”

¹ tn Heb “And he, a wife in her virginity he shall take.”

⁵ sn The deceit is in not making her his wife or concubine as the arrangement had stipulated.

² tn The cohortative expresses Shechem’s resolve to have Dinah as his wife.

³ tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

¹ tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

³ tn Heb “and he took Rebekah and she became his wife and he loved her.”

² tn Heb “And his mother took for him a wife from the land of Egypt.”

¹ tn Heb “And the two of them were naked, the man and his wife.”

² tn Or “married only once,” “devoted solely to his wife.” See the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 3:12; 5:9.

³ tn The Hebrew verb translated “look” signifies an intense gaze, not a passing glance. This same verb is used later in v. 26 to describe Lot’s wife’s self-destructive look back at the city.

² sn The metaphor of the “crown” emphasizes that such a wife is a symbol of honor and glory.

¹ tn Heb “and the wife of Jeroboam did so; she arose and went to Shiloh and entered the house of Ahijah.”

² tn Heb “and the name of his wife [was] Naomi.” This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.