Genesis 14:24

14:24 I will take nothing ¹  except compensation for what the young men have eaten. ²  As for the share of the men who went with me – Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre – let them take their share.”

Genesis 18:7

18:7 Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, ³  who quickly prepared it. ⁴ 

Genesis 19:4

19:4 Before they could lie down to sleep, ⁵  all the men – both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom – surrounded the house. ⁶ 

Genesis 21:19

21:19 Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water. ⁷  She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink.

Genesis 22:19

22:19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together ⁸  for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed. ⁹ 

Genesis 25:27

25:27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled ¹⁰  hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents. ¹¹ 

Genesis 34:19

34:19 The young man did not delay in doing what they asked ¹²  because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah ¹³  badly. (Now he was more important ¹⁴  than anyone in his father’s household.) ¹⁵ 

Genesis 41:12

41:12 Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant ¹⁶  of the captain of the guards, ¹⁷  was with us there. We told him our dreams, ¹⁸  and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us. ¹⁹ 

Genesis 44:22

44:22 We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father ²⁰  will die.’ ²¹ 

Genesis 44:31-32

44:31 When he sees the boy is not with us, ²²  he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave. 44:32 Indeed, ²³  your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’

Genesis 44:34

44:34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see ²⁴  my father’s pain.” ²⁵ 

¹ tn The words “I will take nothing” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “except only what the young men have eaten.”

³ tn Heb “the young man.”

⁴ tn The construction uses the Piel preterite, “he hurried,” followed by the infinitive construct; the two probably form a verbal hendiadys: “he quickly prepared.”

⁵ tn The verb שָׁכַב (shakhav) means “to lie down, to recline,” that is, “to go to bed.” Here what appears to be an imperfect is a preterite after the adverb טֶרֶם (terem). The nuance of potential (perfect) fits well.

⁶ tn Heb “and the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from the young to the old, all the people from the end [of the city].” The repetition of the phrase “men of” stresses all kinds of men.

⁷ tn Heb “And God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water.” The referent (Hagar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “and they arose and went together.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and Abraham stayed in Beer Sheba. This has been translated as a relative clause for stylistic reasons.

¹¹ tn Heb “knowing.”

¹² tn The disjunctive clause juxtaposes Jacob with Esau and draws attention to the striking contrasts. In contrast to Esau, a man of the field, Jacob was civilized, as the phrase “living in tents” signifies. Whereas Esau was a skillful hunter, Jacob was calm and even-tempered (תָּם, tam), which normally has the idea of “blameless.”

¹³ tn Heb “doing the thing.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “Jacob’s daughter.” The proper name “Dinah” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ tn The Hebrew verb כָּבֵד (kaved), translated “was…important,” has the primary meaning “to be heavy,” but here carries a secondary sense of “to be important” (that is, “heavy” in honor or respect).

¹⁶ tn The parenthetical disjunctive clause explains why the community would respond to him (see vv. 20-24).

¹⁵ tn Or “slave.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “a servant to the captain of the guards.” On this construction see GKC 419-20 §129.c.

¹⁷ tn The words “our dreams” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁸ tn Heb “and he interpreted for us our dreams, each according to his dream he interpreted.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the boy’s father, i.e., Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁸ tn The last two verbs are perfect tenses with vav consecutive. The first is subordinated to the second as a conditional clause.

¹⁹ tn Heb “when he sees that there is no boy.”

²¹ tn Or “for.”

²³ tn The Hebrew text has “lest I see,” which expresses a negative purpose – “I cannot go up lest I see.”

²⁴ tn Heb “the calamity which would find my father.”