Genesis 14:2

14:2 went to war ¹  against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). ² 

Genesis 26:7

26:7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, “She is my sister.” ³  He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he thought to himself, ⁴  “The men of this place will kill me to get ⁵  Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”

[14:2]  ¹ tn Heb “made war.”

[14:2]  ² sn On the geographical background of vv. 1-2 see J. P. Harland, “Sodom and Gomorrah,” The Biblical Archaeologist Reader, 1:41-75; and D. N. Freedman, “The Real Story of the Ebla Tablets, Ebla and the Cities of the Plain,” BA 41 (1978): 143-64.

[26:7]  ³ sn Rebekah, unlike Sarah, was not actually her husband’s sister.

[26:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “lest.” The words “for he thought to himself” are supplied because the next clause is written with a first person pronoun, showing that Isaac was saying or thinking this.

[26:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “kill me on account of.”