⁴ tn Grk “living in the field (see BDAG 15 s.v. ἀγραυλέω) and guarding their flock.”

¹ tn Heb “they desire fields and rob [them], and houses and take [them] away.”

¹ tn Aram “the beasts of the field” (also in vv. 23, 25, 32).

⁴ tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.

¹ tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.

³ tn Heb “the trees of/in the field and the fruit of/in the ground.”

¹ tn Heb “and went out to cry out to the king for her house and her field.”

² tn The meaning of the name “Helkath Hazzurim” (so NIV; KJV, NASB, NRSV similar) is not clear. BHK relates the name to the Hebrew term for “side,” and this is reflected in NAB “the Field of the Sides”; the Greek OT revocalizes the Hebrew to mean something like “Field of Adversaries.” Cf. also TEV, NLT “Field of Swords”; CEV “Field of Daggers.”

¹ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss have “the earth” here, instead of the MT’s “the field.”

² tn Heb “in the field, in the wilderness in which they chased them.”

² tn Heb “you shall not complete the corner of your field in your harvest.”

² tn Heb “you shall not complete the corner of your field to harvest.”

¹ tn Heb “in the field” (so KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV); NAB, NIV, NLT “on the ground.”

¹ tn Heb “and what was in the city and what was in the field they took.”

³ tn Heb “of the field.” The Hebrew term refers to open fields or open country as the home of wild animals; if taken adjectivally this could modify the previous term: “wild young does” (cf. NRSV).

¹ tn The expression for “in the open field” is literally “upon the face of the field” (עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה, ʿal p^ene hassadeh). This ruling is in contrast now to what was contacted in the tent.

¹ tn Heb “the animal of the field.” This collective singular has been translated as a plural. The expression “animal of the field” refers to a wild (i.e., nondomesticated) animal.

¹ tn Heb “give.” The perfect tense has here a present nuance; this is a formal, legally binding declaration. Abraham asked only for a burial site/cave within the field; Ephron agrees to sell him the entire field.

³ tn Or perhaps, “was coming in from his field” outside the city (BDAG 15-16 s.v. ἀγρός 1).

⁴ tn Or perhaps, “was coming in from his field” outside the city (BDAG 15-16 s.v. ἀγρός 1).