Genesis 33:1

Jacob Meets Esau

33:1 Jacob looked up ¹  and saw that Esau was coming ²  along with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.

Genesis 33:5

33:5 When Esau ³  looked up ⁴  and saw the women and the children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob ⁵  replied, “The children whom God has graciously given ⁶  your servant.”

Daniel 8:3

8:3 I looked up ⁷  and saw ⁸  a ⁹  ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, ¹⁰  but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

Daniel 10:5

10:5 I looked up ¹¹  and saw a ¹²  man ¹³  clothed in linen; ¹⁴  around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz. ¹⁵ 

[33:1]  ¹ tn Heb “and Jacob lifted up his eyes.”

[33:1]  ² tn Or “and look, Esau was coming.” By the use of the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), the narrator invites the reader to view the scene through Jacob’s eyes.

[33:5]  ³ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “lifted up his eyes.”

[33:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:5]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew verb means “to be gracious; to show favor”; here it carries the nuance “to give graciously.”

[8:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “lifted my eyes.”

[8:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “and behold.”

[8:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective occasionally functions like an English indefinite article. See GKC 401 §125.b.

[8:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “high” (also “higher” later in this verse).

[10:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I lifted up my eyes.”

[10:5]  ¹² tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective is used here like an English indefinite article.

[10:5]  ¹³ sn The identity of the messenger is not specifically disclosed. Presumably he is an unnamed angel. Some interpreters identify him as Gabriel, but there is no adequate reason for doing so.

[10:5]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew word בַּדִּים (baddim) is a plural of extension. See GKC 396-97 §124.a, b, c and Joüon 2:500 §136.c.

[10:5]  ¹⁵ tn The location of this place and even the exact form of the Hebrew name אוּפָז (’ufaz) are uncertain. Apparently it was a source for pure gold. (See Jer 10:9.) The Hebrew word פָז (paz, “refined gold” or “pure gold”) is more common in the OT than אוּפָז, and some scholars emend the text of Dan 10:5 to read this word. Cf. also “Ophir” (1 Kgs 9:28; Isa 13:12; Job 22:24; 28:16).