Genesis 38:26

38:26 Judah recognized them and said, “She is more upright ¹  than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He did not have sexual relations with her ²  again.

Genesis 38:1

Judah and Tamar

38:1 At that time Judah left ³  his brothers and stayed ⁴  with an Adullamite man ⁵  named Hirah.

Genesis 24:17

24:17 Abraham’s servant ⁶  ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a sip of water from your jug.”

Genesis 24:1

The Wife for Isaac

24:1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, ⁷  and the Lord had blessed him ⁸  in everything.

Genesis 2:1

2:1 The heavens and the earth ⁹  were completed with everything that was in them. ¹⁰ 

[38:26]  ¹ tn Traditionally “more righteous”; cf. NCV, NRSV, NLT “more in the right.”

[38:26]  ² tn Heb “and he did not add again to know her.” Here “know” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

[38:1]  ³ tn Heb “went down from.”

[38:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he turned aside unto.”

[38:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “a man, an Adullamite.”

[24:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the servant.” The word “Abraham’s” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[24:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “days.”

[24:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “Abraham.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons.

[2:1]  ⁹ tn See the note on the phrase “the heavens and the earth” in 1:1.

[2:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and all the host of them.” Here the “host” refers to all the entities and creatures that God created to populate the world.