Kejadian 18:19

18:19 I have chosen him ¹  so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep ²  the way of the Lord by doing ³  what is right and just. Then the Lord will give ⁴  to Abraham what he promised ⁵  him.”

Yosua 24:15

24:15 If you have no desire ⁶  to worship ⁷  the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, ⁸  whether it be the gods whom your ancestors ⁹  worshiped ¹⁰  beyond the Euphrates, ¹¹  or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family ¹²  will worship ¹³  the Lord!”

[18:19]  ¹ tn Heb “For I have known him.” The verb יָדַע (yada’) here means “to recognize and treat in a special manner, to choose” (see Amos 3:2). It indicates that Abraham stood in a special covenantal relationship with the Lord.

[18:19]  ² tn Heb “and they will keep.” The perfect verbal form with vav consecutive carries on the subjective nuance of the preceding imperfect verbal form (translated “so that he may command”).

[18:19]  ³ tn The infinitive construct here indicates manner, explaining how Abraham’s children and his household will keep the way of the Lord.

[18:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “bring on.” The infinitive after לְמַעַן (lÿma’an) indicates result here.

[18:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “spoke to.”

[24:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “if it is bad in your eyes.”

[24:15]  ⁷ tn Or “to serve.”

[24:15]  ⁸ tn Or “will serve.”

[24:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:15]  ¹⁰ tn Or “served.”

[24:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:15]  ¹² tn Heb “house.”

[24:15]  ¹³ tn Or “will serve.”