Kejadian 17:21

17:21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

Kejadian 20:2

20:2 Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.

Kejadian 24:51

24:51 Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become ¹  the wife of your master’s son, just as the Lord has decided.” ² 

Kejadian 30:3

30:3 She replied, “Here is my servant Bilhah! Have sexual relations with ³  her so that she can bear ⁴  children ⁵  for me ⁶  and I can have a family through her.” ⁷ 

Kejadian 34:2

34:2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, ⁸  and sexually assaulted her. ⁹ 

Kejadian 35:20

35:20 Jacob set up a marker ¹⁰  over her grave; it is ¹¹  the Marker of Rachel’s Grave to this day.

Kejadian 37:36

37:36 Now ¹²  in Egypt the Midianites ¹³  sold Joseph ¹⁴  to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard. ¹⁵ 

Kejadian 49:8

49:8 Judah, ¹⁶  your brothers will praise you.

Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies,

your father’s sons will bow down before you.

[24:51]  ¹ tn Following the imperatives, the jussive with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

[24:51]  ² tn Heb “as the Lord has spoken.”

[30:3]  ³ tn Heb “go in to.” The expression “go in to” in this context refers to sexual intercourse.

[30:3]  ⁴ tn After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with the conjunction indicates the immediate purpose of the proposed activity.

[30:3]  ⁵ tn The word “children” is not in the Hebrew text but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “upon my knees.” This is an idiomatic way of saying that Bilhah will be simply a surrogate mother. Rachel will adopt the child as her own.

[30:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “and I will be built up, even I, from her.” The prefixed verbal form with the conjunction is subordinated to the preceding prefixed verbal form and gives the ultimate purpose for the proposed action. The idiom of “built up” here refers to having a family (see Gen 16:2, as well as Ruth 4:11 and BDB 125 s.v. בָנָה).

[34:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he took her and lay with her.” The suffixed form following the verb appears to be the sign of the accusative instead of the preposition, but see BDB 1012 s.v. שָׁכַב.

[34:2]  ⁹ tn The verb עָנָה (’anah) in the Piel stem can have various shades of meaning, depending on the context: “to defile; to mistreat; to violate; to rape; to shame; to afflict.” Here it means that Shechem violated or humiliated Dinah by raping her.

[35:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “standing stone.”

[35:20]  ¹¹ tn Or perhaps “it is known as” (cf. NEB).

[37:36]  ¹² tn The disjunctive clause formally signals closure for this episode of Joseph’s story, which will be resumed in Gen 39.

[37:36]  ¹³ tc The MT spells the name of the merchants as מְדָנִים (mÿdanim, “Medanites”) rather than מִדְיָנִים (midyanim, “Midianites”) as in v. 28. It is likely that the MT is corrupt at this point, with the letter yod (י) being accidentally omitted. The LXX, Vulgate, Samaritan Pentateuch, and Syriac read “Midianites” here. Some prefer to read “Medanites” both here and in v. 28, but Judg 8:24, which identifies the Midianites and Ishmaelites, favors the reading “Midianites.”

[37:36]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:36]  ¹⁵ sn The expression captain of the guard might indicate that Potiphar was the chief executioner.

[49:8]  ¹⁶ sn There is a wordplay here; the name Judah (יְהוּדָה, yÿhudah) sounds in Hebrew like the verb translated praise (יוֹדוּךָ, yodukha). The wordplay serves to draw attention to the statement as having special significance.