Kejadian 4:12

4:12 When you try to cultivate ¹  the

ground it will no longer yield ²  its best ³  for you. You will be a homeless wanderer ⁴  on the earth.”

Kejadian 8:22

8:22 “While the earth continues to exist, ⁵ 

planting time ⁶  and harvest,

cold and heat,

summer and winter,

and day and night will not cease.”

Kejadian 9:2

9:2 Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. ⁷  Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority. ⁸ 

Kejadian 47:30

47:30 but when I rest ⁹  with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” Joseph ¹⁰  said, “I will do as you say.”

Kejadian 49:11

49:11 Binding his foal to the vine,

and his colt to the choicest vine,

he will wash ¹¹  his garments in wine,

his robes in the blood of grapes.

[4:12]  ¹ tn Heb “work.”

[4:12]  ² tn Heb “it will not again (תֹסֵף, tosef) give (תֵּת, tet),” meaning the ground will no longer yield. In translation the infinitive becomes the main verb, and the imperfect verb form becomes adverbial.

[4:12]  ³ tn Heb “its strength.”

[4:12]  ⁴ tn Two similar sounding synonyms are used here: נָע וָנָד (na’ vanad, “a wanderer and a fugitive”). This juxtaposition of synonyms emphasizes the single idea. In translation one can serve as the main description, the other as a modifier. Other translation options include “a wandering fugitive” and a “ceaseless wanderer” (cf. NIV).

[8:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “yet all the days of the earth.” The idea is “[while there are] yet all the days of the earth,” meaning, “as long as the earth exists.”

[8:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “seed,” which stands here by metonymy for the time when seed is planted.

[9:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and fear of you and dread of you will be upon every living creature of the earth and upon every bird of the sky.” The suffixes on the nouns “fear” and “dread” are objective genitives. The animals will fear humans from this time forward.

[9:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “into your hand are given.” The “hand” signifies power. To say the animals have been given into the hands of humans means humans have been given authority over them.

[47:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “lie down.” Here the expression “lie down” refers to death.

[47:30]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[49:11]  ¹¹ tn The perfect verbal form is used rhetorically, describing coming events as though they have already taken place.