Genesis 11:5

11:5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people ¹  had started ²  building.

Genesis 23:18

23:18 as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron’s city. ³ 

Genesis 31:55

31:55 (32:1) ⁴  Early in the morning Laban kissed ⁵  his grandchildren ⁶  and his daughters goodbye and blessed them. Then Laban left and returned home. ⁷ 

[11:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of man.” The phrase is intended in this polemic to portray the builders as mere mortals, not the lesser deities that the Babylonians claimed built the city.

[11:5]  ² tn The Hebrew text simply has בָּנוּ (banu), but since v. 8 says they left off building the city, an ingressive idea (“had started building”) should be understood here.

[23:18]  ³ tn Heb “his city”; the referent (Ephron) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[31:55]  ⁵ sn Beginning with 31:55, the verse numbers in the English Bible through 32:32 differ by one from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 31:55 ET = 32:1 HT, 32:1 ET = 32:2 HT, etc., through 32:32 ET = 32:33 HT. From 33:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[31:55]  ⁶ tn Heb “and Laban got up early in the morning and he kissed.”

[31:55]  ⁷ tn Heb “his sons.”

[31:55]  ⁸ tn Heb “to his place.”