Kejadian 18:12-13

18:12 So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, ¹  “After I am worn out will I have pleasure, ²  especially when my husband is old too?” ³ 

18:13 The Lord said to Abraham, “Why ⁴  did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really ⁵  have a child when I am old?’

Kejadian 22:18

22:18 Because you have obeyed me, ⁶  all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another ⁷  using the name of your descendants.’”

Kejadian 26:27

26:27 Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me? You hate me ⁸  and sent me away from you.”

Kejadian 27:8

27:8 Now then, my son, do ⁹  exactly what I tell you! ¹⁰ 

Kejadian 27:20

27:20 But Isaac asked his son, “How in the world ¹¹  did you find it so quickly, ¹²  my son?” “Because the Lord your God brought it to me,” ¹³  he replied. ¹⁴ 

Kejadian 29:15

29:15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you work ¹⁵  for me for nothing because you are my relative? ¹⁶  Tell me what your wages should be.”

Kejadian 34:13

34:13 Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem ¹⁷  had violated their sister Dinah.

Kejadian 34:27

34:27 Jacob’s sons killed them ¹⁸  and looted the city because their sister had been violated. ¹⁹ 

[18:12]  ¹ tn Heb “saying.”

[18:12]  ² tn It has been suggested that this word should be translated “conception,” not “pleasure.” See A. A. McIntosh, “A Third Root ‘adah in Biblical Hebrew,” VT 24 (1974): 454-73.

[18:12]  ³ tn The word “too” has been added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[18:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “Why, this?” The demonstrative pronoun following the interrogative pronoun is enclitic, emphasizing the Lord’s amazement: “Why on earth did Sarah laugh?”

[18:13]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew construction uses both הַאַף (ha’af) and אֻמְנָם (’umnam): “Indeed, truly, will I have a child?”

[22:18]  ⁶ tn In the Hebrew text this causal clause comes at the end of the sentence. The translation alters the word order for stylistic reasons.

[22:18]  sn Because you have obeyed me. Abraham’s obedience brought God’s ratification of the earlier conditional promise (see Gen 12:2).

[22:18]  ⁷ tn Traditionally the verb is taken as passive (“will be blessed”) here, as if Abraham’s descendants were going to be a channel or source of blessing to the nations. But the Hitpael is better understood here as reflexive/reciprocal, “will bless [i.e., pronounce blessings on] themselves/one another” (see also Gen 26:4). Elsewhere the Hitpael of the verb “to bless” is used with a reflexive/reciprocal sense in Deut 29:18; Ps 72:17; Isa 65:16; Jer 4:2. Gen 12:2 predicts that Abram will be held up as a paradigm of divine blessing and that people will use his name in their blessing formulae. For examples of blessing formulae utilizing an individual as an example of blessing see Gen 48:20 and Ruth 4:11. Earlier formulations of this promise (see Gen 12:2; 18:18) use the Niphal stem. (See also Gen 28:14.)

[26:27]  ⁸ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial, expressing the reason for his question.

[27:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “listen to my voice.” The Hebrew idiom means “to comply; to obey.”

[27:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to that which I am commanding you.”

[27:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “What is this?” The enclitic pronoun “this” adds emphasis to the question, which is comparable to the English rhetorical question, “How in the world?”

[27:20]  ¹² tn Heb “you hastened to find.” In translation the infinitive becomes the main verb and the first verb becomes adverbial.

[27:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “caused to meet before me.”

[27:20]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and he said, ‘Because the Lord your God….’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[29:15]  ¹⁵ tn The verb is the perfect with the vav (ו) consecutive; the nuance in the question is deliberative.

[29:15]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “my brother.” The term “brother” is used in a loose sense; actually Jacob was Laban’s nephew.

[34:13]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Shechem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[34:27]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “came upon the slain.” Because of this statement the preceding phrase “Jacob’s sons” is frequently taken to mean the other sons of Jacob besides Simeon and Levi, but the text does not clearly affirm this.

[34:27]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “because they violated their sister.” The plural verb is active in form, but with no expressed subject, it may be translated passive.