Genesis 6:20

6:20 Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive. ¹ 

Genesis 19:16

19:16 When Lot ²  hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the Lord had compassion on them. ³  They led them away and placed them ⁴  outside the city.

Genesis 31:41

31:41 This was my lot ⁵  for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave ⁶  for you – fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!

Genesis 42:37

42:37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may ⁷  put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care ⁸  and I will bring him back to you.”

¹ tn Heb “to keep alive.”

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

³ tn Heb “in the compassion of the Lord to them.”

⁴ tn Heb “brought him out and placed him.” The third masculine singular suffixes refer specifically to Lot, though his wife and daughters accompanied him (see v. 17). For stylistic reasons these have been translated as plural pronouns (“them”).

³ tn Heb “this to me.”

⁴ tn Heb “served you,” but in this accusatory context the meaning is more “worked like a slave.”

⁴ tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is permissive here.

⁵ tn Heb “my hand.”