Kejadian 17:17

17:17 Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed ¹  as he said to himself, ²  “Can ³  a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? ⁴  Can Sarah ⁵  bear a child at the age of ninety?” ⁶ 

Kejadian 30:30

30:30 Indeed, ⁷  you had little before I arrived, ⁸  but now your possessions have increased many times over. ⁹  The Lord has blessed you wherever I worked. ¹⁰  But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?” ¹¹ 

Kejadian 34:25

34:25 In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword ¹²  and went to the unsuspecting city ¹³  and slaughtered every male.

Kejadian 42:38

42:38 But Jacob ¹⁴  replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. ¹⁵  If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair ¹⁶  in sorrow to the grave.” ¹⁷ 

Kejadian 43:21

43:21 But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money – the full amount ¹⁸  – in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it. ¹⁹ 

[17:17]  ¹ sn Laughed. The Hebrew verb used here provides the basis for the naming of Isaac: “And he laughed” is וַיִּצְחָק (vayyitskhaq); the name “Isaac” is יִצְחָק (yitskhaq), “he laughs.” Abraham’s (and Sarah’s, see 18:12) laughter signals disbelief, but when the boy is born, the laughter signals surprise and joy.

[17:17]  ² tn Heb “And he fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart.”

[17:17]  ³ tn The imperfect verbal form here carries a potential nuance, as it expresses the disbelief of Abraham.

[17:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the son of a hundred years.”

[17:17]  ⁵ sn It is important to note that even though Abraham staggers at the announcement of the birth of a son, finding it almost too incredible, he nonetheless calls his wife Sarah, the new name given to remind him of the promise of God (v. 15).

[17:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “the daughter of ninety years.”

[30:30]  ⁷ tn Or “for.”

[30:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “before me.”

[30:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “and it has broken out with respect to abundance.”

[30:30]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “at my foot.”

[30:30]  ¹¹ tn Heb “How long [until] I do, also I, for my house?”

[34:25]  ¹² tn Heb “a man his sword.”

[34:25]  ¹³ tn Heb “and they came upon the city, [which was] secure.” In this case “secure” means the city was caught unprepared and at peace, not expecting an attack.

[42:38]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[42:38]  ¹⁵ sn The expression he alone is left meant that (so far as Jacob knew) Benjamin was the only surviving child of his mother Rachel.

[42:38]  ¹⁶ sn The expression bring down my gray hair is figurative, using a part for the whole – they would put Jacob in the grave. But the gray head signifies a long life of worry and trouble.

[42:38]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “to Sheol,” the dwelling place of the dead.

[43:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “in its weight.”

[43:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “brought it back in our hand.”