Genesis 16:11

16:11 Then the Lord’s angel said to her,

“You are now ¹  pregnant

and are about to give birth ²  to a son.

You are to name him Ishmael, ³ 

for the Lord has heard your painful groans. ⁴ 

Genesis 38:24-25

38:24 After three months Judah was told, ⁵  “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, ⁶  and as a result she has become pregnant.” ⁷  Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned!” 38:25 While they were bringing her out, she sent word ⁸  to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong.” ⁹  Then she said, “Identify ¹⁰  the one to whom the seal, cord, and staff belong.”

[16:11]  ¹ tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) focuses on her immediate situation: “Here you are pregnant.”

[16:11]  ² tn The active participle refers here to something that is about to happen.

[16:11]  ³ sn The name Ishmael consists of the imperfect or jussive form of the Hebrew verb with the theophoric element added as the subject. It means “God hears” or “may God hear.”

[16:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “affliction,” which must refer here to Hagar’s painful groans of anguish.

[38:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “it was told to Judah, saying.”

[38:24]  ⁶ tn Or “has been sexually promiscuous.” The verb may refer here to loose or promiscuous activity, not necessarily prostitution.

[38:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “and also look, she is with child by prostitution.”

[38:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “she was being brought out and she sent.” The juxtaposition of two clauses, both of which place the subject before the predicate, indicates synchronic action.

[38:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “who these to him.”

[38:25]  ¹¹ tn Or “ recognize; note.” This same Hebrew verb (נָכַר, nakhar) is used at the beginning of v. 26, where it is translated “recognized.”