Genesis 1:8

1:8 God called the expanse “sky.” ¹  There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

Genesis 23:1

The Death of Sarah

23:1 Sarah lived 127 years. ² 

Genesis 30:7

30:7 Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son. ³ 

Genesis 40:2

40:2 Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, ⁴  the cupbearer and the baker,

¹ tn Though the Hebrew word can mean “heaven,” it refers in this context to “the sky.”

² tn Heb “And the years of Sarah were one hundred years and twenty years and seven years, the years of the life of Sarah.”

³ tn Heb “and she became pregnant again and Bilhah, the servant of Rachel, bore a second son for Jacob.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew word סָרִיס (saris), used here of these two men and of Potiphar (see 39:1), normally means “eunuch.” But evidence from Akkadian texts shows that in early times the title was used of a court official in general. Only later did it become more specialized in its use.