Kejadian 6:17
Konteks6:17 I am about to bring 1 floodwaters 2 on the earth to destroy 3 from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. 4 Everything that is on the earth will die,
Kejadian 19:17
Konteks19:17 When they had brought them outside, they 5 said, “Run 6 for your lives! Don’t look 7 behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! 8 Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!”
[6:17] 1 tn The Hebrew construction uses the independent personal pronoun, followed by a suffixed form of הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) and the a participle used with an imminent future nuance: “As for me, look, I am going to bring.”
[6:17] 2 tn Heb “the flood, water.”
[6:17] 3 tn The verb שָׁחָת (shakhat, “to destroy”) is repeated yet again, only now in an infinitival form expressing the purpose of the flood.
[6:17] 4 tn The Hebrew construction here is different from the previous two; here it is רוּחַ חַיִּים (ruakh khayyim) rather than נֶפֶשׁ הַיָּה (nefesh khayyah) or נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים (nishmat khayyim). It refers to everything that breathes.
[19:17] 5 tn Or “one of them”; Heb “he.” Several ancient versions (LXX, Vulgate, Syriac) read the plural “they.” See also the note on “your” in v. 19.
[19:17] 7 tn The Hebrew verb translated “look” signifies an intense gaze, not a passing glance. This same verb is used later in v. 26 to describe Lot’s wife’s self-destructive look back at the city.
[19:17] 8 tn Or “in the plain”; Heb “in the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.