Text -- Genesis 31:40 (NET)

31:40 I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 31:40

¹ tn Or “by drought.”

² tn Heb “frost, ice,” though when contrasted with the חֹרֶב (khorev, “drought, parching heat”) of the day, “piercing cold” is more appropriate as a contrast.

³ tn Heb “and my sleep fled from my eyes.”