9:56 God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers. 4
1 tn Heb “said to.” The translation “threatened” is interpretive, but is clearly indicated by the context.
2 tn Heb “saying.”
3 tn Or “safely.” Heb “in peace.”
4 tn Heb “seventy brothers.”
7 tn Heb “and the man arose to go.”
8 tn Heb “his father-in-law persuaded him and he again spent the night there.”