Genesis 7:7

7:7 Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because ¹  of the floodwaters.

Genesis 21:7

21:7 She went on to say, ²  “Who would ³  have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!”

Genesis 27:18

27:18 He went to his father and said, “My father!” Isaac ⁴  replied, “Here I am. Which are you, my son?” ⁵ 

Genesis 27:32

27:32 His father Isaac asked, ⁶  “Who are you?” “I am your firstborn son,” ⁷  he replied, “Esau!”

Genesis 43:22

43:22 We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”

Genesis 49:9

49:9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah,

from the prey, my son, you have gone up.

He crouches and lies down like a lion;

like a lioness – who will rouse him?

¹ tn The preposition מִן (min) is causal here, explaining why Noah and his family entered the ark.

² tn Heb “said.”

³ tn The perfect form of the verb is used here to describe a hypothetical situation.

³ tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ sn Which are you, my son? Isaac’s first question shows that the deception is going to require more subterfuge than Rebekah had anticipated. Jacob will have to pull off the deceit.

⁴ tn Heb “said.”

⁵ tn Heb “and he said, ‘I [am] your son, your firstborn.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged for stylistic reasons.