Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Gen 37:35) | 2 tn Heb “and he said, ‘Indeed I will go down to my son mourning to Sheol.’” Sheol was viewed as the place where departed spirits went after death. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 37:22) | 3 tn The words “Reuben said this” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 32:27) | 1 tn Heb “and he said to him.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (the man who wrestled with Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 19:5) | 1 tn The Hebrew text adds “and said to him.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 18:15) | 1 tn Heb “And he said, ‘No, but you did laugh.’” The referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 16:10) | 1 tn Heb “The angel of the Lord said, ‘I will greatly multiply your descendants….’” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 13:14) | 1 tn Heb “and the Lord said to Abram after Lot separated himself from with him.” The disjunctive clause at the beginning of the verse signals a new scene. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 6:22) | 2 tn The last clause seems redundant: “and thus (כֵּן, ken) he did.” It underscores the obedience of Noah to all that God had said. |
| (0.28) | (Jer 49:14) | 1 tn The words “I said” are not in the text, but it is generally agreed that the words that follow are Jeremiah’s. The translation supplies “I said” to make clear that the speaker has shifted from the Lord to Jeremiah. |
| (0.28) | (Jer 10:6) | 1 tn The words “I said” are not in the Hebrew text, but there appears to be a shift in speaker. Someone is now addressing the Lord. The likely speaker is Jeremiah, so the words “I said” are supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.28) | (Ecc 2:1) | 1 tn Heb “I said, I, in my heart” (אָמַרְתִּי אֲנִי בְּלִבִּי, ʾamarti ʾani belibbi). The term “heart” (לֵב, lev) is a synecdoche of part (“heart”) for the whole (the whole person), and thus means “I said to myself” (see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 648). |
