Text -- Genesis 18:8 (NET)

18:8 Abraham then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food before them. They ate while he was standing near them under a tree.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 18:8

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn The words “the food” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text the verb has no stated object.

³ tn The disjunctive clause is a temporal circumstantial clause subordinate to the main verb.