Kejadian 8:4

8:4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat. ¹ 

Kejadian 9:13

9:13 I will place ²  my rainbow ³  in the clouds, and it will become ⁴  a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth.

Kejadian 9:17

9:17 So God said to Noah, “This is the guarantee of the covenant that I am confirming between me and all living things ⁵  that are on the earth.”

Kejadian 18:4

18:4 Let a little water be brought so that ⁶  you may all ⁷  wash your feet and rest under the tree.

[8:4]  ¹ tn Heb “on the mountains of Ararat.” Obviously a boat (even one as large as the ark) cannot rest on multiple mountains. Perhaps (1) the preposition should be translated “among,” or (2) the plural “mountains” should be understood in the sense of “mountain range” (see E. A. Speiser, Genesis [AB], 53). A more probable option (3) is that the plural indicates an indefinite singular, translated “one of the mountains” (see GKC 400 §124.o).

[8:4]  sn Ararat is the Hebrew name for Urartu, the name of a mountainous region located north of Mesopotamia in modern day eastern Turkey. See E. M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier (SBA), 29-32; G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:184-85; C. Westermann, Genesis, 1:443-44.

[9:13]  ² tn The translation assumes that the perfect verbal form is used rhetorically, emphasizing the certainty of the action. Other translation options include “I have placed” (present perfect; cf. NIV, NRSV) and “I place” (instantaneous perfect; cf. NEB).

[9:13]  ³ sn The Hebrew word קֶשֶׁת (qeshet) normally refers to a warrior’s bow. Some understand this to mean that God the warrior hangs up his battle bow at the end of the flood, indicating he is now at peace with humankind, but others question the legitimacy of this proposal. See C. Westermann, Genesis, 1:473, and G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:196.

[9:13]  ⁴ tn The perfect verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here has the same aspectual function as the preceding perfect of certitude.

[9:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “all flesh.”

[18:4]  ⁶ tn The imperative after the jussive indicates purpose here.

[18:4]  ⁷ tn The word “all” has been supplied in the translation because the Hebrew verb translated “wash” and the pronominal suffix on the word “feet” are plural, referring to all three of the visitors.