9:20 Noah, a man of the soil, 1 began to plant a vineyard. 2
31:43 Laban replied 3 to Jacob, “These women 4 are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, 5 and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today 6 or the children to whom they have given birth?
1 sn The epithet a man of the soil indicates that Noah was a farmer.
2 tn Or “Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard”; Heb “and Noah, a man of the ground, began and he planted a vineyard.”
3 tn Heb “answered and said.”
4 tn Heb “daughters.”
5 tn Heb “children.”
6 tn Heb “but to my daughters what can I do to these today?”