Kejadian 9:11

9:11 I confirm ¹  my covenant with you: Never again will all living things ²  be wiped out ³  by the waters of a flood; ⁴  never again will a flood destroy the earth.”

Kejadian 19:35

19:35 So they made their father drunk ⁵  that night as well, and the younger one came and had sexual relations with him. ⁶  But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up. ⁷ 

Kejadian 26:10

26:10 Then Abimelech exclaimed, “What in the world have you done to us? ⁸  One of the men ⁹  might easily have had sexual relations with ¹⁰  your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!”

Kejadian 38:26

38:26 Judah recognized them and said, “She is more upright ¹¹  than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He did not have sexual relations with her ¹²  again.

[9:11]  ¹ tn The verb וַהֲקִמֹתִי (vahaqimoti) is a perfect with the vav (ו) consecutive and should be translated with the English present tense, just as the participle at the beginning of the speech was (v. 9). Another option is to translate both forms with the English future tense (“I will confirm”).

[9:11]  ² tn Heb “all flesh.”

[9:11]  ³ tn Heb “cut off.”

[9:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and all flesh will not be cut off again by the waters of the flood.”

[19:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “drink wine.”

[19:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “lied down with him.”

[19:35]  ⁷ tn Heb “And he did not know when she lied down and when she arose.”

[26:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “What is this you have done to us?” The Hebrew demonstrative pronoun “this” adds emphasis: “What in the world have you done to us?” (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 24, §118).

[26:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “people.”

[26:10]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew verb means “to lie down.” Here the expression “lie with” or “sleep with” is euphemistic for “have sexual relations with.”

[38:26]  ¹¹ tn Traditionally “more righteous”; cf. NCV, NRSV, NLT “more in the right.”

[38:26]  sn She is more upright than I. Judah had been irresponsible and unfaithful to his duty to see that the family line continued through the levirate marriage of his son Shelah. Tamar fought for her right to be the mother of Judah’s line. When she was not given Shelah and Judah’s wife died, she took action on her own to ensure that the line did not die out. Though deceptive, it was a desperate and courageous act. For Tamar it was within her rights; she did nothing that the law did not entitle her to do. But for Judah it was wrong because he thought he was going to a prostitute. See also Susan Niditch, “The Wronged Woman Righted: An Analysis of Genesis 38,” HTR 72 (1979): 143-48.

[38:26]  ¹² tn Heb “and he did not add again to know her.” Here “know” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.