Kejadian 12:7

12:7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants ¹  I will give this land.” So Abram ²  built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Kejadian 18:1

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18:1 The Lord appeared to Abraham ³  by the oaks ⁴  of Mamre while ⁵  he was sitting at the entrance ⁶  to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

[12:7]  ¹ tn The same Hebrew term זֶרַע (zera’) may mean “seed” (for planting), “offspring” (occasionally of animals, but usually of people), or “descendants” depending on the context.

[12:7]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:1]  ³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  ⁴ tn Or “terebinths.”

[18:1]  ⁵ tn The disjunctive clause here is circumstantial to the main clause.

[18:1]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew noun translated “entrance” is an adverbial accusative of place.