Kejadian 18:19
Konteks18:19 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.”
Kejadian 27:37
Konteks27:37 Isaac replied to Esau, “Look! I have made him lord over you. I have made all his relatives his servants and provided him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
Kejadian 31:42
Konteks31:42 If the God of my father – the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears 6 – had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, 7 and he rebuked you last night.”
[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
[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
[18:19] 4 tn Heb “bring on.” The infinitive after לְמַעַן (lÿma’an) indicates result here.
[31:42] 6 tn Heb “the fear of Isaac,” that is, the one whom Isaac feared and respected. For further discussion of this title see M. Malul, “More on pahad yitschaq (Gen. 31:42,53) and the Oath by the Thigh,” VT 35 (1985): 192-200.
[31:42] 7 tn Heb “My oppression and the work of my hands God saw.”