Genesis 1:12

1:12 The land produced vegetation – plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31

1:31 God saw all that he had made – and it was very good! ¹  There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 6:14

6:14 Make ²  for yourself an ark of cypress ³  wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover ⁴  it with pitch inside and out.

Genesis 18:8

18:8 Abraham ⁵  then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food ⁶  before them. They ate while ⁷  he was standing near them under a tree.

Genesis 21:22

21:22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “God is with you ⁸  in all that you do.

Genesis 31:16

31:16 Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you.”

Genesis 33:17

33:17 But ⁹  Jacob traveled to Succoth ¹⁰  where he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was called ¹¹  Succoth. ¹² 

Genesis 39:19

39:19 When his master heard his wife say, ¹³  “This is the way ¹⁴  your slave treated me,” ¹⁵  he became furious. ¹⁶ 

Genesis 39:23

39:23 The warden did not concern himself ¹⁷  with anything that was in Joseph’s ¹⁸  care because the Lord was with him and whatever he was doing the Lord was making successful.

Genesis 41:25

41:25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Both dreams of Pharaoh have the same meaning. ¹⁹  God has revealed ²⁰  to Pharaoh what he is about to do. ²¹ 

Genesis 50:20

50:20 As for you, you meant to harm me, ²²  but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day. ²³ 

¹ tn The Hebrew text again uses הִנֵּה (hinneh) for the sake of vividness. It is a particle that goes with the gesture of pointing, calling attention to something.

¹ sn The Hebrew verb is an imperative. A motif of this section is that Noah did as the Lord commanded him – he was obedient. That obedience had to come from faith in the word of the Lord. So the theme of obedience to God’s word is prominent in this prologue to the law.

² tn A transliteration of the Hebrew term yields “gopher (גֹּפֶר, gofer) wood” (so KJV, NAB, NASB). While the exact nature of the wood involved is uncertain (cf. NLT “resinous wood”), many modern translations render the Hebrew term as “cypress” (so NEB, NIV, NRSV).

³ tn The Hebrew term כָּפָר (kafar, “to cover, to smear” [= to caulk]) appears here in the Qal stem with its primary, nonmetaphorical meaning. The Piel form כִּפֶּר (kipper), which has the metaphorical meaning “to atone, to expiate, to pacify,” is used in Levitical texts (see HALOT 493-94 s.v. כפר). Some authorities regard the form in v. 14 as a homonym of the much more common Levitical term (see BDB 498 s.v. כָּפָר).

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.

¹ sn God is with you. Abimelech and Phicol recognized that Abraham enjoyed special divine provision and protection.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause contrasts Jacob’s action with Esau’s.

² sn But Jacob traveled to Succoth. There are several reasons why Jacob chose not to go to Mt. Seir after Esau. First, as he said, his herds and children probably could not keep up with the warriors. Second, he probably did not fully trust his brother. The current friendliness could change, and he could lose everything. And third, God did tell him to return to his land, not Seir. But Jacob is still not able to deal truthfully, probably because of fear of Esau.

³ tn Heb “why he called.” One could understand “Jacob” as the subject of the verb, but it is more likely that the subject is indefinite, in which case the verb is better translated as passive.

⁴ sn The name Succoth means “shelters,” an appropriate name in light of the shelters Jacob built there for his livestock.

¹ tn Heb “and when his master heard the words of his wife which she spoke to him, saying.”

² tn Heb “according to these words.”

³ tn Heb “did to me.”

⁴ tn Heb “his anger burned.”

¹ tn Heb “was not looking at anything.”

² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “the dream of Pharaoh is one.”

² tn Heb “declared.”

³ tn The active participle here indicates what is imminent.

¹ tn Heb “you devised against me evil.”

² tn Heb “God devised it for good in order to do, like this day, to preserve alive a great nation.”