Genesis 18:13

18:13 The Lord said to Abraham, “Why ¹  did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really ²  have a child when I am old?’

Genesis 19:31

19:31 Later the older daughter said ³  to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby ⁴  to have sexual relations with us, ⁵  according to the way of all the world.

Genesis 27:1

Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing

27:1 When ⁶  Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, ⁷  he called his older ⁸  son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” Esau ⁹  replied.

[18:13]  ¹ tn Heb “Why, this?” The demonstrative pronoun following the interrogative pronoun is enclitic, emphasizing the Lord’s amazement: “Why on earth did Sarah laugh?”

[18:13]  ² tn The Hebrew construction uses both הַאַף (ha’af) and אֻמְנָם (’umnam): “Indeed, truly, will I have a child?”

[19:31]  ³ tn Heb “and the firstborn said.”

[19:31]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “on earth,” in which case the statement would be hyperbolic; presumably there had been some men living in the town of Zoar to which Lot and his daughters had initially fled.

[19:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “to enter upon us.” This is a euphemism for sexual relations.

[27:1]  ⁵ tn The clause begins with the temporal indicator (“and it happened”), making it subordinate to the main clause that follows later in the sentence.

[27:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “and his eyes were weak from seeing.”

[27:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “greater” (in terms of age).

[27:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Esau) is specified in the translation for clarity.