Genesis 18:10

18:10 One of them ¹  said, “I will surely return ²  to you when the season comes round again, ³  and your wife Sarah will have a son!” ⁴  (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him. ⁵ 

Genesis 18:30-31

18:30 Then Abraham ⁶  said, “May the Lord not be angry ⁷  so that I may speak! ⁸  What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

18:31 Abraham ⁹  said, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

Genesis 19:33

19:33 So that night they made their father drunk with wine, ¹⁰  and the older daughter ¹¹  came and had sexual relations with her father. ¹²  But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up. ¹³ 

Genesis 37:9

37:9 Then he had another dream, ¹⁴  and told it to his brothers. “Look,” ¹⁵  he said. “I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

Genesis 37:14

37:14 So Jacob ¹⁶  said to him, “Go now and check on ¹⁷  the welfare ¹⁸  of your brothers and of the flocks, and bring me word.” So Jacob ¹⁹  sent him from the valley of Hebron.

Genesis 38:29

38:29 But then he drew back his hand, and his brother came out before him. ²⁰  She said, “How you have broken out of the womb!” ²¹  So he was named Perez. ²² 

Genesis 40:13

40:13 In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you ²³  and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did before ²⁴  when you were cupbearer.

Genesis 42:37

42:37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may ²⁵  put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care ²⁶  and I will bring him back to you.”

Genesis 43:5

43:5 But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”

Genesis 44:26

44:26 But we replied, ‘We cannot go down there. ²⁷  If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, ²⁸  for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’

Genesis 47:15

47:15 When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians ²⁹  came to Joseph and said, “Give us food! Why should we die ³⁰  before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

[18:10]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (one of the three men introduced in v. 2) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Some English translations have specified the referent as the Lord (cf. RSV, NIV) based on vv. 1, 13, but the Hebrew text merely has “he said” at this point, referring to one of the three visitors. Aside from the introductory statement in v. 1, the incident is narrated from Abraham’s point of view, and the suspense is built up for the reader as Abraham’s elaborate banquet preparations in the preceding verses suggest he suspects these are important guests. But not until the promise of a son later in this verse does it become clear who is speaking. In v. 13 the Hebrew text explicitly mentions the Lord.

[18:10]  ² tn The Hebrew construction is emphatic, using the infinitive absolute with the imperfect tense.

[18:10]  ³ tn Heb “as/when the time lives” or “revives,” possibly referring to the springtime.

[18:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and there will be (הִנֵּה, hinneh) a son for Sarah.”

[18:10]  ⁵ tn This is the first of two disjunctive parenthetical clauses preparing the reader for Sarah’s response (see v. 12).

[18:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “let it not be hot to the Lord.” This is an idiom which means “may the Lord not be angry.”

[18:30]  ⁸ tn After the jussive, the cohortative indicates purpose/result.

[18:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:33]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “drink wine.”

[19:33]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the firstborn.”

[19:33]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and the firstborn came and lied down with her father.” The expression “lied down with” here and in the following verses is a euphemism for sexual relations.

[19:33]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and he did not know when she lay down and when she arose.”

[37:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “And he dreamed yet another dream.”

[37:9]  ²² tn Heb “and he said, ‘Look.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse have been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons. Both clauses of the dream report begin with הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), which lends vividness to the report.

[37:14]  ²⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:14]  ²⁷ tn Heb “see.”

[37:14]  ²⁸ tn Heb “peace.”

[37:14]  ²⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[38:29]  ³¹ tn Heb “Look, his brother came out.” By the use of the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), the narrator invites the reader to view the scene through the midwife’s eyes. The words “before him” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[38:29]  ³² tn Heb “How you have made a breach for yourself!” The Hebrew verb translated “make a breach” frequently occurs, as here, with a cognate accusative. The event provided the meaningful name Perez, “he who breaks through.”

[38:29]  ³³ sn The name Perez means “he who breaks through,” referring to Perez reaching out his hand at birth before his brother was born. The naming signified the completion of Tamar’s struggle and also depicted the destiny of the tribe of Perez who later became dominant (Gen 46:12 and Num 26:20). Judah and his brothers had sold Joseph into slavery, thinking they could thwart God’s plan that the elder brothers should serve the younger. God demonstrated that principle through these births in Judah’s own family, affirming that the elder will serve the younger, and that Joseph’s leadership could not so easily be set aside. See J. Goldin, “The Youngest Son; or, Where Does Genesis 38 Belong?” JBL 96 (1977): 27-44.

[40:13]  ³⁶ tn Heb “Pharaoh will lift up your head.” This Hebrew idiom usually refers to restoring dignity, office, or power. It is comparable to the modern saying “someone can hold his head up high.”

[40:13]  ³⁷ tn Heb “according to the former custom.”

[42:37]  ⁴¹ tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is permissive here.

[42:37]  ⁴² tn Heb “my hand.”

[44:26]  ⁴⁶ tn The direct object is not specified in the Hebrew text, but is implied; “there” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[44:26]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “go down.”

[47:15]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “all Egypt.” The expression is a metonymy and refers to all the people of Egypt.

[47:15]  ⁵² tn The imperfect verbal form has a deliberative force here.