Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Gen 31:33) | 1 tn No direct object is specified for the verb “find” in the Hebrew text. The words “the idols” have been supplied in the translation for clarification. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 30:42) | 1 tn Heb “he did not put [them] in.” The referent of the [understood] direct object, “them,” has been specified as “the branches” in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 30:32) | 4 tn Heb “and it will be my wage.” The referent collective singular pronoun (“it) has been specified as “these animals” in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 30:15) | 1 tn Heb “and she said to her”; the referent of the pronoun “she” (Leah) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 29:27) | 1 tn Heb “fulfill the period of seven of this one.” The referent of “this one” has been specified in the translation as “my older daughter” for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 28:4) | 3 tn Heb “the land of your sojournings,” that is, the land where Jacob had been living as a resident foreigner, as his future descendants would after him. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 27:38) | 1 tn Heb “Bless me, me also, my father.” The words “my father” have not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 27:36) | 1 tn Heb “Is he not rightly named Jacob?” The rhetorical question, since it expects a positive reply, has been translated as a declarative statement. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 27:32) | 2 tn Heb “and he said, ‘I [am] your son, your firstborn.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 27:23) | 1 tn Heb “and he blessed him.” The referents of the pronouns “he” (Isaac) and “him” (Jacob) have been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 27:20) | 4 tn Heb “and he said, ‘Because the Lord your God….’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 26:28) | 2 tn Heb “And we said, ‘Let there be.’” The direct discourse in the Hebrew text has been rendered as indirect discourse in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 24:65) | 3 tn Heb “and the servant said.” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 24:31) | 1 tn Heb “and he said.” The referent (Laban) has been specified and the words “to him” supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 24:25) | 1 tn Heb “and she said, ‘We have plenty of both straw and feed.’” The order of the introductory clause has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 24:23) | 1 tn Heb “and he said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’” The order of the introductory clause has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 24:6) | 2 tn The introductory clause “And Abraham said to him” has been moved to the end of the opening sentence of direct discourse in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 23:16) | 5 tn Heb “that he had spoken.” The referent (Ephron) has been specified here in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 23:11) | 2 tn The Hebrew text adds “to you I give [i.e., sell] it.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (Gen 23:4) | 5 tn Heb “bury my dead out of my sight.” The last phrase “out of my sight” has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
