Kejadian 18:19

18:19 I have chosen him ¹  so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep ²  the way of the Lord by doing ³  what is right and just. Then the Lord will give ⁴  to Abraham what he promised ⁵  him.”

Kejadian 34:21

34:21 “These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough ⁶  for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry. ⁷ 

Kejadian 44:20

44:20 We said to my lord, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. ⁸  The boy’s ⁹  brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, ¹⁰  and his father loves him.’

Kejadian 45:18

45:18 Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you ¹¹  the best land in Egypt and you will eat ¹²  the best ¹³  of the land.’

[18:19]  ¹ tn Heb “For I have known him.” The verb יָדַע (yada’) here means “to recognize and treat in a special manner, to choose” (see Amos 3:2). It indicates that Abraham stood in a special covenantal relationship with the Lord.

[18:19]  ² tn Heb “and they will keep.” The perfect verbal form with vav consecutive carries on the subjective nuance of the preceding imperfect verbal form (translated “so that he may command”).

[18:19]  ³ tn The infinitive construct here indicates manner, explaining how Abraham’s children and his household will keep the way of the Lord.

[18:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “bring on.” The infinitive after לְמַעַן (lÿma’an) indicates result here.

[18:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “spoke to.”

[34:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “wide on both hands,” that is, in both directions.

[34:21]  ⁷ tn The words “to marry” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[44:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “and a small boy of old age,” meaning that he was born when his father was elderly.

[44:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the boy just mentioned) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[44:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he, only he, to his mother is left.”

[45:18]  ¹¹ tn After the imperatives in vv. 17-18a, the cohortative with vav indicates result.

[45:18]  ¹² tn After the cohortative the imperative with vav states the ultimate goal.

[45:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “fat.”