Kejadian 45:11

45:11 I will provide you with food ¹  there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor – you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’

Kejadian 15:12

15:12 When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, ²  and great terror overwhelmed him. ³ 

Kejadian 26:11

26:11 So Abimelech commanded all the people, “Whoever touches ⁴  this man or his wife will surely be put to death.” ⁵ 

Kejadian 27:13

27:13 So his mother told him, “Any curse against you will fall on me, ⁶  my son! Just obey me! ⁷  Go and get them for me!”

Kejadian 34:3

34:3 Then he became very attached ⁸  to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her. ⁹ 

Kejadian 49:17

49:17 May Dan be a snake beside the road,

a viper by the path,

that bites the heels of the horse

so that its rider falls backward. ¹⁰ 

Kejadian 14:10

14:10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. ¹¹  When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, ¹²  but some survivors ¹³  fled to the hills. ¹⁴ 

Kejadian 34:8

34:8 But Hamor made this appeal to them: “My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. ¹⁵  Please give her to him as his wife.

Kejadian 39:7

39:7 Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of ¹⁶  Joseph and said, “Have sex with me.” ¹⁷ 

Kejadian 29:18

29:18 Since Jacob had fallen in love with ¹⁸  Rachel, he said, “I’ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Kejadian 9:23

9:23 Shem and Japheth took the garment ¹⁹  and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned ²⁰  the other way so they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Kejadian 31:42

31:42 If the God of my father – the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears ²¹  – 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, ²²  and he rebuked you last night.”

[45:11]  ¹ tn The verb כּוּל (kul) in the Pilpel stem means “to nourish, to support, to sustain.” As in 1 Kgs 20:27, it here means “to supply with food.”

[15:12]  ² tn Heb “a deep sleep fell on Abram.”

[15:12]  ³ tn Heb “and look, terror, a great darkness was falling on him.”

[26:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “strikes.” Here the verb has the nuance “to harm in any way.” It would include assaulting the woman or killing the man.

[26:11]  ⁵ tn The use of the infinitive absolute before the imperfect makes the construction emphatic.

[27:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “upon me your curse.”

[27:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “only listen to my voice.”

[34:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “his soul stuck to [or “joined with”],” meaning Shechem became very attached to Dinah emotionally.

[34:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he spoke to the heart of the young woman,” which apparently refers in this context to tender, romantic speech (Hos 2:14). Another option is to translate the expression “he reassured the young woman” (see Judg 19:3, 2 Sam 19:7; cf. NEB “comforted her”).

[49:17]  ¹⁰ sn The comparison of the tribe of Dan to a venomous serpent is meant to say that Dan, though small, would be potent, gaining victory through its skill and shrewdness. Jewish commentators have linked the image in part with Samson. That link at least illustrates the point: Though a minority tribe, Dan would gain the upper hand over others.

[14:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Now the Valley of Siddim [was] pits, pits of tar.” This parenthetical disjunctive clause emphasizes the abundance of tar pits in the area through repetition of the noun “pits.”

[14:10]  sn The word for “tar” (or “bitumen”) occurs earlier in the story of the building of the tower in Babylon (see Gen 11:3).

[14:10]  ¹² tn Or “they were defeated there.” After a verb of motion the Hebrew particle שָׁם (sham) with the directional heh (שָׁמָּה, shammah) can mean “into it, therein” (BDB 1027 s.v. שָׁם).

[14:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “the rest.”

[14:10]  ¹⁴ sn The reference to the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah must mean the kings along with their armies. Most of them were defeated in the valley, but some of them escaped to the hills.

[34:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Shechem my son, his soul is attached to your daughter.” The verb means “to love” in the sense of being emotionally attached to or drawn to someone. This is a slightly different way of saying what was reported earlier (v. 3). However, there is no mention here of the offense. Even though Hamor is speaking to Dinah’s brothers, he refers to her as their daughter (see v. 17).

[39:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “she lifted up her eyes toward,” an expression that emphasizes her deliberate and careful scrutiny of him.

[39:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “lie with me.” Here the expression “lie with” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

[39:7]  sn The story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife has long been connected with the wisdom warnings about the strange woman who tries to seduce the young man with her boldness and directness (see Prov 5-7, especially 7:6-27). This is part of the literary background of the story of Joseph that gives it a wisdom flavor. See G. von Rad, God at Work in Israel, 19-35; and G. W. Coats, “The Joseph Story and Ancient Wisdom: A Reappraisal,” CBQ 35 (1973): 285-97.

[29:18]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Jacob loved.”

[9:23]  ¹⁹ tn The word translated “garment” has the Hebrew definite article on it. The article may simply indicate that the garment is definite and vivid in the mind of the narrator, but it could refer instead to Noah’s garment. Did Ham bring it out when he told his brothers?

[9:23]  ²⁰ tn Heb “their faces [were turned] back.”

[31:42]  ²¹ 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]  ²² tn Heb “My oppression and the work of my hands God saw.”