30:37 But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible.
19:29 So when God destroyed 4 the cities of the region, 5 God honored 6 Abraham’s request. He removed Lot 7 from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed 8 the cities Lot had lived in.
1 tn Heb “give my wives and my children, for whom I have served you.” In one sense Laban had already “given” Jacob his two daughters as wives (Gen 29:21, 28). Here Jacob was asking for permission to take his own family along with him on the journey back to Canaan.
2 tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.
3 tn Heb “for you, you know my service [with] which I have served you.”
4 tn The construction is a temporal clause comprised of the temporal indicator, an infinitive construct with a preposition, and the subjective genitive.
5 tn Or “of the plain”; Heb “of the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.
6 tn Heb “remembered,” but this means more than mental recollection here. Abraham’s request (Gen 18:23-32) was that the
7 sn God’s removal of Lot before the judgment is paradigmatic. He typically delivers the godly before destroying their world.
8 tn Heb “the overthrow when [he] overthrew.”