Genesis 43:14

43:14 May the sovereign God ¹  grant you mercy before the man so that he may release ²  your other brother ³  and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.” ⁴ 

Genesis 43:1

The Second Journey to Egypt

43:1 Now the famine was severe in the land. ⁵ 

Genesis 19:5

19:5 They shouted to Lot, ⁶  “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex ⁷  with them!”

Genesis 19:2

19:2 He said, “Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night ⁸  and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.” ⁹  “No,” they replied, “we’ll spend the night in the town square.” ¹⁰ 

Genesis 10:12

10:12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city Calah. ¹¹ 

Luke 9:24

9:24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, ¹²  but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

Acts 20:24

20:24 But I do not consider my life ¹³  worth anything ¹⁴  to myself, so that ¹⁵  I may finish my task ¹⁶  and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news ¹⁷  of God’s grace.

Acts 21:13

21:13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking ¹⁸  my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, ¹⁹  but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Romans 16:4

16:4 who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

Philippians 2:30

2:30 since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me. ²⁰ 

[43:14]  ¹ tn Heb “El Shaddai.” See the extended note on the phrase “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1.

[43:14]  ² tn Heb “release to you.” After the jussive this perfect verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) probably indicates logical consequence, as well as temporal sequence.

[43:14]  ³ sn Several Jewish commentators suggest that the expression your other brother refers to Joseph. This would mean that Jacob prophesied unwittingly. However, it is much more likely that Simeon is the referent of the phrase “your other brother” (see Gen 42:24).

[43:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “if I am bereaved I am bereaved.” With this fatalistic sounding statement Jacob resolves himself to the possibility of losing both Benjamin and Simeon.

[43:1]  ⁵ tn The disjunctive clause gives supplemental information that is important to the storyline.

[19:5]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds “and said to him.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated for stylistic reasons.

[19:5]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew verb יָדַע (yada’, “to know”) is used here in the sense of “to lie with” or “to have sex with” (as in Gen 4:1). That this is indeed the meaning is clear from Lot’s warning that they not do so wickedly, and his willingness to give them his daughters instead.

[19:2]  ⁸ tn The imperatives have the force of invitation.

[19:2]  ⁹ tn These two verbs form a verbal hendiadys: “you can rise up early and go” means “you can go early.”

[19:2]  ¹⁰ sn The town square refers to the wide street area at the gate complex of the city.

[10:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; it [i.e., Calah] is the great city.”

[9:24]  ¹² sn The point of the saying whoever wants to save his life will lose it is that if one comes to Jesus then rejection by many will certainly follow. If self-protection is a key motivation, then one will not respond to Jesus and will not be saved. One who is willing to risk rejection will respond and find true life.

[20:24]  ¹³ tn Grk “soul.”

[20:24]  ¹⁴ tn Or “I do not consider my life worth a single word.” According to BDAG 599 s.v. λόγος 1.a.α, “In the textually uncertain pass. Ac 20:24 the text as it stands in N., οὐδενὸς λόγου (v.l. λόγον) ποιοῦμαι τὴν ψυχὴν τιμίαν, may well mean: I do not consider my life worth a single word (cp. λόγου ἄξιον [ἄξιος 1a] and our ‘worth mention’).”

[20:24]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 1106 s.v. ὡς 9 describes this use as “a final particle, expressing intention/purpose, with a view to, in order to.”

[20:24]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “course.” See L&N 42.26, “(a figurative extension of meaning of δρόμος ‘race’) a task or function involving continuity, serious, effort, and possibly obligation – ‘task, mission’…Ac 20:24.” On this Pauline theme see also Phil 1:19-26; Col 1:24; 2 Tim 4:6-7.

[20:24]  ¹⁷ tn Or “to the gospel.”

[21:13]  ¹⁸ tn The term translated “breaking” as used by Josephus (Ant. 10.10.4 [10.207]) means to break something into pieces, but in its only NT use (it is a hapax legomenon) it is used figuratively (BDAG 972 s.v. συνθρύπτω).

[21:13]  ¹⁹ tn L&N 18.13 has “to tie objects together – ‘to tie, to tie together, to tie up.’” The verb δέω (dew) is sometimes figurative for imprisonment (L&N 37.114), but it is preferable to translate it literally here in light of v. 11 where Agabus tied himself up with Paul’s belt.

[2:30]  ²⁰ tn Grk “make up for your lack of service to me.”