Genesis 14:17

14:17 After Abram ¹  returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram ²  in the Valley of Shaveh (known as the King’s Valley). ³ 

Genesis 26:8

26:8 After Isaac ⁴  had been there a long time, ⁵  Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed ⁶  Isaac caressing ⁷  his wife Rebekah.

[14:17]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:17]  ² tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:17]  ³ sn The King’s Valley is possibly a reference to what came to be known later as the Kidron Valley.

[26:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it happened when the days were long to him there.”

[26:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “look, Isaac.” By the use of the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), the narrator invites the audience to view the scene through Abimelech’s eyes.

[26:8]  ⁷ tn Or “fondling.”