Genesis 14:15

14:15 Then, during the night, ¹  Abram ²  divided his forces ³  against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north ⁴  of Damascus.

Genesis 45:15

45:15 He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After this his brothers talked with him.

Genesis 18:8

18:8 Abraham ⁵  then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food ⁶  before them. They ate while ⁷  he was standing near them under a tree.

Genesis 31:34

31:34 (Now Rachel had taken the idols and put them inside her camel’s saddle ⁸  and sat on them.) ⁹  Laban searched the whole tent, but did not find them. ¹⁰ 

[14:15]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text simply has “night” as an adverbial accusative.

[14:15]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:15]  ³ tn Heb “he divided himself…he and his servants.”

[14:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “left.” Directions in ancient Israel were given in relation to the east rather than the north.

[18:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:8]  ⁶ tn The words “the food” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text the verb has no stated object.

[18:8]  ⁷ tn The disjunctive clause is a temporal circumstantial clause subordinate to the main verb.

[31:34]  ⁹ tn The “camel’s saddle” was probably some sort of basket-saddle, a cushioned saddle with a basket bound on. Cf. NAB “inside a camel cushion.”

[31:34]  ¹⁰ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced by a vav [ו] conjunction) provides another parenthetical statement necessary to the storyline.

[31:34]  ¹¹ tn The word “them” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.