Genesis 11:31-32

11:31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there. 11:32 The lifetime ¹  of Terah was 205 years, and he ²  died in Haran.

Genesis 12:4-5

12:4 So Abram left, ³  just as the Lord had told him to do, ⁴  and Lot went with him. (Now ⁵  Abram was 75 years old ⁶  when he departed from Haran.) 12:5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew ⁷  Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired ⁸  in Haran, and they left for ⁹  the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan.

Isaiah 41:2

41:2 Who stirs up this one from the east? ¹⁰ 

Who ¹¹  officially commissions him for service? ¹² 

He hands nations over to him, ¹³ 

and enables him to subdue ¹⁴  kings.

He makes them like dust with his sword,

like windblown straw with his bow. ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 41:9

41:9 you whom I am bringing back ¹⁶  from the earth’s extremities,

and have summoned from the remote regions –

I told you, “You are my servant.”

I have chosen you and not rejected you.

[11:32]  ¹ tn Heb “And the days of Terah were.”

[11:32]  ² tn Heb “Terah”; the pronoun has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[12:4]  ³ sn So Abram left. This is the report of Abram’s obedience to God’s command (see v. 1).

[12:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “just as the Lord said to him.”

[12:4]  ⁵ tn The disjunctive clause (note the pattern conjunction + subject + implied “to be” verb) is parenthetical, telling the age of Abram when he left Haran.

[12:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “was the son of five years and seventy year[s].”

[12:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “the son of his brother.”

[12:5]  ⁸ tn For the semantic nuance “acquire [property]” for the verb עָשָׂה (’asah), see BDB 795 s.v. עָשָׂה.

[12:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “went out to go.”

[41:2]  ¹⁰ sn The expression this one from the east refers to the Persian conqueror Cyrus, as later texts indicate (see 44:28-45:6; 46:11; 48:14-16).

[41:2]  ¹¹ tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis.

[41:2]  ¹² tn Heb “[in] righteousness called him to his foot.”

[41:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “he [the Lord] places before him [Cyrus] nations.”

[41:2]  ¹⁴ tn The verb יַרְדְּ (yardÿ) is an otherwise unattested Hiphil form from רָדָה (radah, “rule”). But the Hiphil makes no sense with “kings” as object; one must understand an ellipsis and supply “him” (Cyrus) as the object. The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has יוֹרִד (yorid), which appears to be a Hiphil form from יָרַד (yarad, “go down”). Others suggest reading יָרֹד (yarod), a Qal form from רָדַד (radad, “beat down”).

[41:2]  ¹⁵ sn The point is that they are powerless before Cyrus’ military power and scatter before him.

[41:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “whom I have taken hold of [i.e., to lead back].”