18:9 Then they asked him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” He replied, “There, 1 in the tent.”
18:1 The Lord appeared to Abraham 2 by the oaks 3 of Mamre while 4 he was sitting at the entrance 5 to his tent during the hottest time of the day.
1 tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) often accompanies a gesture of pointing or a focused gaze.
2 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Or “terebinths.”
4 tn The disjunctive clause here is circumstantial to the main clause.
5 tn The Hebrew noun translated “entrance” is an adverbial accusative of place.
6 tn Or “sensible.”
7 tn Grk “domestic,” “keeping house.”
8 tn Or “word.”
9 tn Or “slandered.”