Genesis 2:14
Context2:14 The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. 1 The fourth river is the Euphrates.
Genesis 2:2
Context2:2 By 2 the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, 3 and he ceased 4 on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.
Genesis 8:3
Context8:3 The waters kept receding steadily 5 from the earth, so that they 6 had gone down 7 by the end of the 150 days.
Jeremiah 51:63
Context51:63 When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River. 8
[2:14] 1 tn Heb “Asshur” (so NEB, NIV).
[2:2] 2 tn Heb “on/in the seventh day.”
[2:2] 3 tn Heb “his work which he did [or “made”].”
[2:2] 4 tn The Hebrew term שָׁבַּת (shabbat) can be translated “to rest” (“and he rested”) but it basically means “to cease.” This is not a rest from exhaustion; it is the cessation of the work of creation.
[8:3] 5 tn The construction combines a Qal preterite from שׁוּב (shuv) with its infinitive absolute to indicate continuous action. The infinitive absolute from הָלָךְ (halakh) is included for emphasis: “the waters returned…going and returning.”
[8:3] 6 tn Heb “the waters.” The pronoun (“they”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[8:3] 7 tn The vav (ו) consecutive with the preterite here describes the consequence of the preceding action.
[51:63] 8 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.