Genesis 1:21

1:21 God created the great sea creatures ¹  and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.

Genesis 8:1

8:1 But God remembered ²  Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over ³  the earth and the waters receded.

Genesis 8:13

8:13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year, ⁴  in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that ⁵  the surface of the ground was dry.

Genesis 9:15

9:15 then I will remember my covenant with you ⁶  and with all living creatures of all kinds. ⁷  Never again will the waters become a flood and destroy ⁸  all living things. ⁹ 

Genesis 26:18

26:18 Isaac reopened ¹⁰  the wells that had been dug ¹¹  back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up ¹²  after Abraham died. Isaac ¹³  gave these wells ¹⁴  the same names his father had given them. ¹⁵ 

[1:21]  ¹ tn For the first time in the narrative proper the verb “create” (בָּרָא, bara’) appears. (It is used in the summary statement of v. 1.) The author wishes to underscore that these creatures – even the great ones – are part of God’s perfect creation. The Hebrew term תַנִּינִם (tanninim) is used for snakes (Exod 7:9), crocodiles (Ezek 29:3), or other powerful animals (Jer 51:34). In Isa 27:1 the word is used to describe a mythological sea creature that symbolizes God’s enemies.

[8:1]  ² tn The Hebrew word translated “remembered” often carries the sense of acting in accordance with what is remembered, i.e., fulfilling covenant promises (see B. S. Childs, Memory and Tradition in Israel [SBT], especially p. 34).

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “to pass over.”

[8:13]  ³ tn Heb In the six hundred and first year.” Since this refers to the six hundred and first year of Noah’s life, the word “Noah’s” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and saw and look.” As in v. 11, the deictic particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) invites readers to enter into the story, as it were, and look at the dry ground with their own eyes.

[9:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “which [is] between me and between you.”

[9:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “all flesh.”

[9:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “to destroy.”

[9:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “all flesh.”

[26:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “he returned and dug,” meaning “he dug again” or “he reopened.”

[26:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “that they dug.” Since the subject is indefinite, the verb is translated as passive.

[26:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the Philistines had stopped them up.” This clause explains why Isaac had to reopen them.

[26:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the wells) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “called names to them according to the names that his father called them.”