Kejadian 8:12

8:12 He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, ¹  but it did not return to him this time. ² 

Kejadian 14:22

14:22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand ³  to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow ⁴ 

Kejadian 24:55-56

24:55 But Rebekah’s ⁵  brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.” 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 27:23

27:23 He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob. ⁸ 

Kejadian 31:47

31:47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, ⁹  but Jacob called it Galeed. ¹⁰ 

Kejadian 34:3

34:3 Then he became very attached ¹¹  to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her. ¹² 

Kejadian 40:17

40:17 In the top basket there were baked goods of every kind for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them from the basket that was on my head.”

Kejadian 49:24

49:24 But his bow will remain steady,

and his hands ¹³  will be skillful;

because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,

because of ¹⁴  the Shepherd, the Rock ¹⁵  of Israel,

[8:12]  ¹ tn The word “again” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:12]  ² tn Heb “it did not again return to him still.” For a study of this section of the flood narrative, see W. O. E. Oesterley, “The Dove with the Olive Leaf (Gen VIII 8–11),” ExpTim 18 (1906/07): 377-78.

[14:22]  ³ tn Abram takes an oath, raising his hand as a solemn gesture. The translation understands the perfect tense as having an instantaneous nuance: “Here and now I raise my hand.”

[14:22]  ⁴ tn The words “and vow” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[24:55]  ⁵ tn Heb “her”; the referent (Rebekah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[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.

[27:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he blessed him.” The referents of the pronouns “he” (Isaac) and “him” (Jacob) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[31:47]  ⁹ sn Jegar Sahadutha. Laban the Aramean gave the place an Aramaic name which means “witness pile” or “the pile is a witness.”

[31:47]  ¹⁰ sn Galeed also means “witness pile” or “the pile is a witness,” but this name is Canaanite or Western Semitic and closer to later Hebrew. Jacob, though certainly capable of speaking Aramaic, here prefers to use the western dialect.

[34:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “his soul stuck to [or “joined with”],” meaning Shechem became very attached to Dinah emotionally.

[34:3]  ¹² 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”).

[49:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “the arms of his hands.”

[49:24]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “from there,” but the phrase should be revocalized and read “from [i.e., because of] the name of.”

[49:24]  ¹⁵ tn Or “Stone.”