Esther 5:8

5:8 If I have found favor in the king’s sight and if the king is inclined ¹  to grant my request and perform my petition, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them. At that time ²  I will do as the king wishes. ³ 

Genesis 22:14

22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place “The Lord provides.” ⁴  It is said to this day, ⁵  “In the mountain of the Lord provision will be made.” ⁶ 

Genesis 22:1

The Sacrifice of Isaac

22:1 Some time after these things God tested ⁷  Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham ⁸  replied.

Genesis 23:1

The Death of Sarah

23:1 Sarah lived 127 years. ⁹ 

Genesis 23:1

The Death of Sarah

23:1 Sarah lived 127 years. ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 41:17

41:17 The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched from thirst.

I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; ¹¹ 

I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

Romans 11:33

11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!

[5:8]  ¹ tn Heb “if upon the king it is good.” Cf. the similar expression in v. 4, which also occurs in 7:3; 8:5; 9:13.

[5:8]  ² tn Heb “and tomorrow” (so NASB); NAB, NRSV “and then.”

[5:8]  ³ tn Heb “I will do according to the word of the king,” i.e., answer the question that he has posed. Cf. NCV “Then I will answer your question about what I want.”

[22:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord sees” (יְהוָה יִרְאֶה, yÿhvah yir’eh, traditionally transliterated “Jehovah Jireh”; see the note on the word “provide” in v. 8). By so naming the place Abraham preserved in the memory of God’s people the amazing event that took place there.

[22:14]  ⁵ sn On the expression to this day see B. Childs, “A Study of the Formula ‘Until this Day’,” JBL 82 (1963): 279-92.

[22:14]  ⁶ sn The saying connected with these events has some ambiguity, which was probably intended. The Niphal verb could be translated (1) “in the mountain of the Lord it will be seen/provided” or (2) “in the mountain the Lord will appear.” If the temple later stood here (see the note on “Moriah” in Gen 22:2), the latter interpretation might find support, for the people went to the temple to appear before the Lord, who “appeared” to them by providing for them his power and blessings. See S. R. Driver, Genesis, 219.

[22:1]  ⁷ sn The Hebrew verb used here means “to test; to try; to prove.” In this passage God tests Abraham to see if he would be obedient. See T. W. Mann, The Book of the Torah, 44-48. See also J. L. Crenshaw, A Whirlpool of Torment (OBT), 9-30; and J. I. Lawlor, “The Test of Abraham,” GTJ 1 (1980): 19-35.

[22:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “And the years of Sarah were one hundred years and twenty years and seven years, the years of the life of Sarah.”

[23:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “And the years of Sarah were one hundred years and twenty years and seven years, the years of the life of Sarah.”

[41:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “will answer them” (so ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).