Kejadian 1:3

1:3 God said, ¹  “Let there be ²  light.” ³  And there was light!

Kejadian 5:5

5:5 The entire lifetime ⁴  of Adam was 930 years, and then he died. ⁵ 

Kejadian 5:8

5:8 The entire lifetime of Seth was 912 years, and then he died.

Kejadian 5:11

5:11 The entire lifetime of Enosh was 905 years, and then he died.

Kejadian 5:14

5:14 The entire lifetime of Kenan was 910 years, and then he died.

Kejadian 5:17

5:17 The entire lifetime of Mahalalel was 895 years, and then he died.

Kejadian 5:20

5:20 The entire lifetime of Jared was 962 years, and then he died.

Kejadian 5:27

5:27 The entire lifetime of Methuselah was 969 years, and then he died.

Kejadian 5:31

5:31 The entire lifetime of Lamech was 777 years, and then he died.

Kejadian 9:29

9:29 The entire lifetime of Noah was 950 years, and then he died.

Kejadian 21:5

21:5 (Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.) ⁶ 

Kejadian 30:28

30:28 He added, “Just name your wages – I’ll pay whatever you want.” ⁷ 

Kejadian 31:8

31:8 If he said, ⁸  ‘The speckled animals ⁹  will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said, ‘The streaked animals will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring.

Kejadian 33:16

33:16 So that same day Esau made his way back ¹⁰  to Seir.

[1:3]  ¹ tn The prefixed verb form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the narrative sequence. Ten times in the chapter the decree of God in creation will be so expressed. For the power of the divine word in creation, see Ps 33:9, John 1:1-3, 1 Cor 8:6, and Col 1:16.

[1:3]  sn God said. By speaking, God brings the world into existence. The efficacious nature of the word of the Lord is a prominent theme in this chapter. It introduces the Law, the words and commandments from the Lord that must be obeyed. The ten decrees of God in this chapter anticipate the ten words in the Decalogue (Exod 20:2-17).

[1:3]  ² tn “Let there be” is the short jussive form of the verb “to be”; the following expression “and there was” is the short preterite form of the same verb. As such, יְהִי (yÿhi) and וַיְהִי (vayÿhi) form a profound wordplay to express both the calling into existence and the complete fulfillment of the divine word.

[1:3]  ³ sn Light. The Hebrew word simply means “light,” but it is used often in scripture to convey the ideas of salvation, joy, knowledge, righteousness, and life. In this context one cannot ignore those connotations, for it is the antithesis of the darkness. The first thing God does is correct the darkness; without the light there is only chaos.

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the days of Adam which he lived”

[5:5]  ⁵ sn The genealogy traces the line from Adam to Noah and forms a bridge between the earlier accounts and the flood story. Its constant theme of the reign of death in the human race is broken once with the account of Enoch, but the genealogy ends with hope for the future through Noah. See further G. F. Hasel, “The Genealogies of Gen. 5 and 11 and their Alleged Babylonian Background,” AUSS 16 (1978): 361-74; idem, “Genesis 5 and 11,” Origins 7 (1980): 23-37.

[21:5]  ⁶ tn The parenthetical disjunctive clause underscores how miraculous this birth was. Abraham was 100 years old. The fact that the genealogies give the ages of the fathers when their first son is born shows that this was considered a major milestone in one’s life (G. J. Wenham, Genesis [WBC], 2:80).

[30:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “set your wage for me so I may give [it].”

[31:8]  ⁸ tn In the protasis (“if” section) of this conditional clause, the imperfect verbal form has a customary nuance – whatever he would say worked to Jacob’s benefit.

[31:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “speckled” (twice this verse). The word “animals” (after the first occurrence of “speckled”) and “offspring” (after the second) have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. The same two terms (“animals” and “offspring”) have been supplied after the two occurrences of “streaked” later in this verse.

[33:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “returned on his way.”