Genesis 12:18
Context12:18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, “What is this 1 you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
Genesis 20:8
Context20:8 Early in the morning 2 Abimelech summoned 3 all his servants. When he told them about all these things, 4 they 5 were terrified.
[12:18] 1 tn The demonstrative pronoun translated “this” adds emphasis: “What in the world have you done to me?” (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 24, §118).
[20:8] 2 tn Heb “And Abimelech rose early in the morning and he summoned.”
[20:8] 3 tn The verb קָרָא (qara’) followed by the preposition לְ (lamed) means “to summon.”
[20:8] 4 tn Heb “And he spoke all these things in their ears.”
[20:8] 5 tn Heb “the men.” This has been replaced by the pronoun “they” in the translation for stylistic reasons.





