21:32 So they made a treaty 1 at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned 2 to the land of the Philistines. 3
22:19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together 4 for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed. 5
1 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
2 tn Heb “arose and returned.”
3 sn The Philistines mentioned here may not be ethnically related to those who lived in Palestine in the time of the judges and the united monarchy. See D. M. Howard, “Philistines,” Peoples of the Old Testament World, 238.
4 tn Heb “and they arose and went together.”
5 tn Heb “and Abraham stayed in Beer Sheba. This has been translated as a relative clause for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Heb “and she added again and she gave birth.” The first verb and the adverb emphasize that she gave birth once more.
7 tn Or “and he [i.e., Judah] was in Kezib when she gave birth to him.”