10:40 Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, 5 the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.
1:18 The descendants of Jacob will be a fire,
and the descendants of Joseph a flame.
The descendants of Esau will be like stubble.
They will burn them up and devour them.
There will not be a single survivor 14 of the descendants of Esau!”
Indeed, the Lord has spoken it.
1 tn Heb “people.”
2 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
3 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
4 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
5 tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
6 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
7 tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).
8 tn Heb “was left to him.” The final phrase “to him” is redundant in English and has been left untranslated.
9 tn Heb “people.”
10 tn Heb “the
11 tn Heb “before” (so KJV, ASV); NAB, NRSV “at the head of.”
12 tn After the imperative these subordinated jussive forms (with prefixed vav) indicate purpose or result.
13 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 15, 22).
14 tn Heb “will be no survivor”; NAB “none shall survive.”