¹ tn Heb “and he got up early…and he took.”

² tn Heb “and he took from that which was going into his hand,” meaning that he took some of what belonged to him.

¹ tn Heb “she took her servant Zilpah and gave her.” The verbs “took” and “gave” are treated as a hendiadys in the translation: “she gave.”

³ tn Heb “he took from the stones of the place,” which here means Jacob took one of the stones (see v. 18).

³ tn The words “This took place” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

² tn This reflexive makes it clear that Mary took the initiative in sitting by Jesus.

² tn Grk “and leaving Nazareth, he came and took up residence in Capernaum.”

¹ tn Heb “so he went and took” (וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיִּקַּח, vayyelekh vayyiqqakh; so NAB, NRSV).

² sn The four conspicuous horns refer to Alexander’s successors. After his death, Alexander’s empire was divided up among four of his generals: Cassander, who took Macedonia and Greece; Lysimachus, who took Thrace and parts of Asia Minor; Seleucus, who took Syria and territory to its east; and Ptolemy, who took control of Egypt.

³ tn Heb “when I took them by the hand and led them out.”

³ tn Heb “they sat” or “they took their seats.” However, the context is one of judicial trial.

¹ sn The assassination of King Sennacherib probably took place in 681 b.c.

² sn Apparently it took the caravan almost four months to make the 500 mile journey.

² tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”

⁴ tn Or “it took her breath away”; Heb “there was no breath still in her.”

³ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

¹ tn Heb “and he took Jehoahaz, and he came to Egypt and he died there.”

¹ tn Heb “and he sent and took the bones from the tombs.”

² tn Heb “he took with him seven hundred men, who drew the sword, to break through against.”

¹ tn Heb “after these things.” The words “the following episode took place” are added for stylistic reasons.