³ tn Heb “your kinsman redeemer.” A גֹּאֵל (goʾel, “kinsman redeemer”) was a protector of the extended family’s interests.

¹ sn Extends to the skies above. Similar statements are made in Pss 36:5 and 57:10.

³ tn Heb “and your justice to.” The verb “extend” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the previous line).

¹ tn Heb “Three I am extending to you; choose for yourself one of them and I will do it to you.”

¹ tn Heb “extended the tip of the staff which was in his hand and touched the meat and unleavened bread.”

¹ tn The words “the territory extending” are not in the Hebrew text; they are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn Heb “El Shaddai.” See the extended note on the phrase “Sovereign God” in Gen 17:1.

¹ tn Heb “El Shaddai.” See the extended note on the phrase “Sovereign God” in Gen 17:1.

¹ tn Heb “El Shaddai.” See the extended note on the phrase “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1.

⁵ tn The Hebrew term עוֹלָם (ʿolam) means “ever, forever, lasting, perpetual.” The covenant would extend to subsequent generations.

² tn The present tense verb has been translated as an extending-from-past present (a present of past action still in progress). See ExSyn 520.

¹ tn Grk “having become.” This is part of the same sentence that extends from v. 1 through v. 4 in the Greek text.

¹ tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context. Here the work of miracles extends beyond the Twelve for the first time.

¹ tn Or “Extend” or “Reach out.” The translation “put” or “reach out” for φέρω (pherō) here is given in BDAG 1052 s.v. 4.

² tn Grk “extending his hand, drew out his sword, and struck.” Because rapid motion is implied in the circumstances, the translation “grabbed” was used.

¹ tn Heb “Look, I am ready to extend to her like a river prosperity [or “peace”], and like an overflowing stream, the riches of nations.”

¹ sn In ancient Israel the idea of leaving an inheritance was a sign of God’s blessing; blessings extended to the righteous and not the sinners.

² tn The particle יַעַן (yaʿan, “because”) introduces a causal clause which forms part of an extended protasis; the apodosis is 1:26.

² tn The negative only occurs with the first clause, but it extends its influence to the parallel second clause (GKC 483 §152.z).

¹ sn The rift valley is a large geographic feature extending from Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba. Here only a section of the Jordan Valley is in view.