Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Gen 19:19) | 4 sn The Hebrew word חֶסֶד (khesed) can refer to “faithful love” or to “kindness,” depending on the context. The precise nuance here is uncertain. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 19:18) | 1 tn Or “my lords.” See the following note on the problem of identifying the addressee here. The Hebrew term is אֲדֹנָי (ʾadonay). |
| (0.30) | (Gen 18:19) | 3 tn The infinitive construct here indicates manner, explaining how Abraham’s children and his household will keep the way of the Lord. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 16:1) | 3 tn The Hebrew term שִׁפְחָה (shifkhah, translated “servant” here and in vv. 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8) refers to a menial female servant. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 15:21) | 1 tn Each of the names in the list has the Hebrew definite article, which is used here generically for the class of people identified. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 15:13) | 1 tn The Hebrew construction is emphatic, with the Qal infinitive absolute followed by the imperfect from יָדַע (yadaʿ, “know”). The imperfect here has an obligatory or imperatival force. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 14:3) | 2 tn The Hebrew verb used here means “to join together; to unite; to be allied.” It stresses close associations, especially of friendships, marriages, or treaties. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 13:13) | 1 tn Here is another significant parenthetical clause in the story, signaled by the vav (ו) disjunctive (translated “now”) on the noun at the beginning of the clause. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 13:6) | 1 tn The potential nuance for the perfect tense is necessary here, and supported by the parallel clause that actually uses “to be able.” |
| (0.30) | (Gen 13:8) | 1 tn Heb “men, brothers [are] we.” Here “brothers” describes the closeness of the relationship, but could be misunderstood if taken literally, since Abram was Lot’s uncle. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 11:13) | 1 tn Here and in vv. 15, 16, 19, 21, 23, 25 the word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 11:8) | 1 tn The infinitive construct לִבְנֹת (livnot, “building”) here serves as the object of the verb “they ceased, stopped,” answering the question of what they stopped doing. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 11:5) | 2 tn The Hebrew text simply has בָּנוּ (banu), but since v. 8 says they left off building the city, an ingressive idea (“had started building”) should be understood here. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 10:15) | 3 tn Some see a reference to “Hittites” here (cf. NIV), but this seems unlikely. See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 8:6) | 1 tn The introductory verbal form וַיְהִי (vayehi), traditionally rendered “and it came to pass,” serves as a temporal indicator and has not been translated here. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 7:11) | 2 sn On the prescientific view of the sky reflected here, see L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World (AnBib), 46. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 7:3) | 2 tn Here (and in v. 9) the Hebrew text uses the normal generic terms for “male and female” (זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה, zakhar uneqevah). |
| (0.30) | (Gen 6:13) | 1 sn On the divine style utilized here, see R. Lapointe, “The Divine Monologue as a Channel of Revelation,” CBQ 32 (1970): 161-81. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 6:8) | 1 tn The disjunctive clause (conjunction plus subject plus verb) is contrastive here: God condemns the human race, but he is pleased with Noah. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 6:1) | 1 tn The Hebrew text has the article prefixed to the noun. Here the article indicates the generic use of the word אָדָם (ʾadam): “humankind.” |
