Kejadian 24:21

24:21 Silently the man watched her with interest to determine ¹  if the Lord had made his journey successful ²  or not.

Kejadian 24:40

24:40 He answered, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked, ³  will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father’s family.

Kejadian 24:51

24:51 Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become ⁴  the wife of your master’s son, just as the Lord has decided.” ⁵ 

Kejadian 24:56

24:56 But he said to them, “Don’t detain me – the Lord ⁶  has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return ⁷  to my master.”

Kejadian 27:20

27:20 But Isaac asked his son, “How in the world ⁸  did you find it so quickly, ⁹  my son?” “Because the Lord your God brought it to me,” ¹⁰  he replied. ¹¹ 

Nehemia 1:11

1:11 Please, ¹²  O Lord, listen attentively ¹³  to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect ¹⁴  to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me ¹⁵  in the presence of this man.”

Now ¹⁶  I was cupbearer for the king.

[24:21]  ¹ tn Heb “to know.”

[24:21]  ² tn The Hebrew term צָלָה (tsalah), meaning “to make successful” in the Hiphil verbal stem, is a key term in the story (see vv. 40, 42, 56).

[24:40]  ³ tn The verb is the Hitpael of הָלַךְ (halakh), meaning “live one’s life” (see Gen 17:1). The statement may simply refer to serving the Lord or it may have a more positive moral connotation (“serve faithfully”).

[24:51]  ⁴ tn Following the imperatives, the jussive with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

[24:51]  ⁵ tn Heb “as the Lord has spoken.”

[24:56]  ⁶ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial, indicating a reason for the preceding request.

[24:56]  ⁷ tn After the preceding imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

[27:20]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ tn Heb “you hastened to find.” In translation the infinitive becomes the main verb and the first verb becomes adverbial.

[27:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “caused to meet before me.”

[27:20]  ¹¹ 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.

[1:11]  ¹² tn The interjection אָנָּא (’anna’) is an emphatic term of entreaty: “please!” (BDB 58 s.v.; HALOT 69-70 s.v.). This term is normally reserved for pleas for mercy from God in life-and-death situations (2 Kgs 20:3 = Isa 38:3; Pss 116:4; 118:25; Jonah 1:14; 4:2) and for forgiveness of heinous sins that would result or have resulted in severe judgment from God (Exod 32:31; Dan 9:4; Neh 1:5, 11).

[1:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “let your ear be attentive.”

[1:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “fear.”

[1:11]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “grant compassion.” The words “to me” are supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness and style in English.

[1:11]  ¹⁶ tn The vav (ו) on וַאֲנִי (va’ani, “Now, I”) introduces a disjunctive parenthetical clause that provides background information to the reader.