Kejadian 8:8

8:8 Then Noah ¹  sent out a dove ²  to see if the waters had receded ³  from the surface of the ground.

Kejadian 37:16

37:16 He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell ⁴  me where they are grazing their flocks.”

Kejadian 41:31

41:31 The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered ⁵  because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe. ⁶ 

Kejadian 42:12

42:12 “No,” he insisted, “but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.” ⁷ 

[8:8]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Noah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:8]  ² tn The Hebrew text adds “from him.” This has not been translated for stylistic reasons, because it is redundant in English.

[8:8]  ³ tn The Hebrew verb קָלָל (qalal) normally means “to be light, to be slight”; it refers here to the waters receding.

[37:16]  ⁴ tn The imperative in this sentence has more of the nuance of a request than a command.

[41:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “known.”

[41:31]  ⁶ tn Or “heavy.”

[42:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he said, ‘No, for the nakedness of the land you have come to see.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for clarity.