Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Gen 27:1) | 2 tn Heb “and his eyes were weak from seeing.” |
| (0.50) | (Gen 25:24) | 1 tn Heb “And her days were filled to give birth.” |
| (0.50) | (Gen 10:17) | 1 sn The Hivites were Canaanite tribes of a Hurrian origin. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 10:16) | 1 sn The Jebusites were the Canaanite inhabitants of ancient Jerusalem. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 10:13) | 3 sn The Ludites were African tribes west of the Nile Delta. |
| (0.49) | (Act 13:52) | 1 sn The believers of Pisidian Antioch were not discouraged by the persecution, but instead were filled with joy. |
| (0.49) | (Act 5:16) | 4 sn They were all being healed. Note how the healings that the apostles provided were comprehensive in their consistency. |
| (0.49) | (Luk 3:15) | 1 sn The people were filled with anticipation because they were hoping God would send someone to deliver them. |
| (0.49) | (Mal 1:8) | 1 sn Offerings of animals that were lame or sick were strictly forbidden by the Mosaic law (see Deut 15:21). |
| (0.49) | (Eze 20:24) | 2 tn Or “they worshiped” (NCV, TEV, CEV); Heb “their eyes were on” or “were after” (cf. v. 16). |
| (0.49) | (2Ch 34:13) | 1 tn Heb “[were] over the laborers and were directing every doer of work for work assignment and work assignment.” |
| (0.49) | (2Ki 2:15) | 2 tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.” |
| (0.49) | (1Ki 3:2) | 1 sn Offering sacrifices at the high places. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated. |
| (0.43) | (Isa 66:2) | 2 tn Heb “and all these were.” Some prefer to emend וַיִּהְיוּ (vayyihyu, “and they were”) to וְלִי הָיוּ (veli hayu, “and to me they were”), i.e., “and they belong to me.” |
| (0.43) | (Neh 9:25) | 1 tn Heb “they ate and were sated.” This expression is a hendiadys. The first verb retains its full verbal sense, while the second functions adverbially: “they ate and were filled” = “they ate until they were full.” |
| (0.43) | (Exo 29:4) | 1 tn Here too the verb is Hiphil (now imperfect) meaning “bring near” the altar. The choice of this verb indicates that they were not merely being brought near, but that they were being formally presented to Yahweh as the offerings were. |
| (0.43) | (Exo 10:26) | 1 tn This is the obligatory imperfect nuance. They were obliged to take the animals if they were going to sacrifice, but more than that, since they were not coming back, they had to take everything. |
| (0.43) | (Gen 46:27) | 2 tn Heb “And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two people; all the people belonging to the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy.” |
| (0.43) | (Gen 43:34) | 2 tn Heb “and they drank and were intoxicated with him” (cf. NIV “drank freely with him”; NEB “grew merry”; NRSV “were merry”). The brothers were apparently relaxed and set at ease, despite Joseph’s obvious favoritism toward Benjamin. |
| (0.42) | (Gal 2:9) | 2 tn Or “who were influential as,” or “who were reputed to be.” See also the note on the word “influential” in 2:6. |
