Genesis 12:17

12:17 But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases ¹  because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

Genesis 15:12

15:12 When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, ²  and great terror overwhelmed him. ³ 

Genesis 17:20

17:20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. ⁴  I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. ⁵  He will become the father of twelve princes; ⁶  I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 19:11

19:11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, ⁷  with blindness. The men outside ⁸  wore themselves out trying to find the door.

Genesis 27:1

Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing

27:1 When ⁹  Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, ¹⁰  he called his older ¹¹  son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” Esau ¹²  replied.

Genesis 27:15

27:15 Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

Genesis 27:34

27:34 When Esau heard ¹³  his father’s words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. ¹⁴  He said to his father, “Bless me too, my father!”

Genesis 29:7

29:7 Then Jacob ¹⁵  said, “Since it is still the middle of the day, ¹⁶  it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more.” ¹⁷ 

Genesis 46:3

46:3 He said, “I am God, ¹⁸  the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

Genesis 50:10

50:10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad ¹⁹  on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. ²⁰  There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father.

[12:17]  ¹ tn The cognate accusative adds emphasis to the verbal sentence: “he plagued with great plagues,” meaning the Lord inflicted numerous plagues, probably diseases (see Exod 15:26). The adjective “great” emphasizes that the plagues were severe and overwhelming.

[15:12]  ² tn Heb “a deep sleep fell on Abram.”

[15:12]  ³ tn Heb “and look, terror, a great darkness was falling on him.”

[17:20]  ³ sn The Hebrew verb translated “I have heard you” forms a wordplay with the name Ishmael, which means “God hears.” See the note on the name “Ishmael” in 16:11.

[17:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “And I will multiply him exceedingly, exceedingly.” The repetition is emphatic.

[17:20]  ⁵ tn For a discussion of the Hebrew word translated “princes,” see E. A. Speiser, “Background and Function of the Biblical Nasi’,” CBQ 25 (1963): 111-17.

[19:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the least to the greatest.”

[19:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Sodom outside the door) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[27:1]  ⁵ tn The clause begins with the temporal indicator (“and it happened”), making it subordinate to the main clause that follows later in the sentence.

[27:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “and his eyes were weak from seeing.”

[27:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “greater” (in terms of age).

[27:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Esau) is specified in the translation for clarity.

[27:34]  ⁶ tn The temporal clause is introduced with the temporal indicator and has the infinitive as its verb.

[27:34]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he yelled [with] a great and bitter yell to excess.”

[29:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “the day is great.”

[29:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “water the sheep and go and pasture [them].” The verbal forms are imperatives, but Jacob would hardly be giving direct orders to someone else’s shepherds. The nuance here is probably one of advice.

[46:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “the God.”

[50:10]  ⁹ sn The location of the threshing floor of Atad is not certain. The expression the other side of the Jordan could refer to the eastern or western bank, depending on one’s perspective. However, it is commonly used in the OT for Transjordan. This would suggest that the entourage came up the Jordan Valley and crossed into the land at Jericho, just as the Israelites would in the time of Joshua.

[50:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and they mourned there [with] very great and heavy mourning.” The cognate accusative, as well as the two adjectives and the adverb, emphasize the degree of their sorrow.