Discovery Box| (0.06) | (Gen 30:26) | 1 tn Heb “give my wives and my children, for whom I have served you.” In one sense Laban had already “given” Jacob his two daughters as wives (Gen 29:21, 28). Here Jacob was asking for permission to take his own family along with him on the journey back to Canaan. |
| (0.06) | (Gen 29:13) | 2 tn Heb “and he told to Laban all these things.” This might mean Jacob told Laban how he happened to be there, but Laban’s response (see v. 14) suggests “all these things” refers to what Jacob had previously told Rachel (see v. 12). |
| (0.06) | (Gen 29:10) | 4 tn Heb “Laban, the brother of his mother.” The text says nothing initially about the beauty of Rachel. But the reader is struck by the repetition of “Laban the brother of his mother.” G. J. Wenham is no doubt correct when he observes that Jacob’s primary motive at this stage is to ingratiate himself with Laban (Genesis [WBC], 2:231). |
| (0.06) | (Gen 28:11) | 1 tn Heb “the place.” The article may indicate simply that the place is definite in the mind of the narrator. However, as the story unfolds the place is transformed into a holy place. See A. P. Ross, “Jacob’s Vision: The Founding of Bethel,” BSac 142 (1985): 224-37. |
| (0.06) | (Gen 27:44) | 1 tn Heb “a few days.” Rebekah probably downplays the length of time Jacob will be gone, perhaps to encourage him and assure him that things will settle down soon. She probably expects Esau’s anger to die down quickly. However, Jacob ends up being gone 20 years and he never sees Rebekah again. |
| (0.06) | (1Pe 5:2) | 4 tn Grk “according to God.” |
| (0.06) | (1Pe 4:6) | 7 tn Grk “according to God.” |
| (0.06) | (Rom 13:1) | 1 tn Grk “by God.” |
| (0.06) | (Act 28:28) | 2 tn Or “of God.” |
| (0.06) | (Luk 17:15) | 1 tn Grk “glorifying God.” |
| (0.06) | (Mat 6:24) | 3 tn Grk “God and mammon.” |
| (0.06) | (Mic 6:6) | 3 tn Or “the exalted God.” |
| (0.06) | (Amo 4:13) | 5 tn Traditionally, “God of Hosts.” |
| (0.06) | (Dan 1:2) | 5 tn Heb “house of God.” |
| (0.06) | (Eze 8:16) | 5 tn Or “the sun god.” |
| (0.06) | (Jer 51:56) | 3 tn Or “God of retribution.” |
| (0.06) | (Psa 106:14) | 3 tn Heb “they tested God.” |
| (0.06) | (Psa 68:35) | 3 tn Heb “blessed [be] God.” |
| (0.06) | (Psa 66:20) | 1 tn Heb “blessed [be] God.” |
| (0.06) | (2Ch 25:7) | 1 tn Heb “man of God.” |
