¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

¹ tn Grk “from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.”

¹ sn The Lord speaks here in the role of the husband of the sisters.

¹ tn Heb “because you have interceded for your sisters with your sins.”

¹ sn Rebekah, unlike Sarah, was not actually her husband’s sister.

² tn Heb “and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying.”

² sn The suffixes on the nouns אֲחֵיכֶם (ʾakhekhem, “your brother”) and אֲחוֹתֵיכֶם (ʾakhotekhem, “your sister”) are both plural forms. The brother/sister imagery is being applied to Israel and Judah collectively.

³ tn Heb “Is her younger sister not better than her? Let her [i.e., the younger sister] be yours instead of her [i.e., Samson’s ‘bride’]).”

¹ tn Heb “want to take his sister-in-law, then his sister in law.” In the second instance the pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation to avoid redundancy.