Genesis 14:17

14:17 After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram in the Valley of Shaveh (known as the King’s Valley).

Genesis 26:8

26:8 After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.


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

tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

sn The King’s Valley is possibly a reference to what came to be known later as the Kidron Valley.

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

tn Heb “and it happened when the days were long to him there.”

tn Heb “look, Isaac.” By the use of the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), the narrator invites the audience to view the scene through Abimelech’s eyes.

tn Or “fondling.”