Genesis 18:5

18:5 And let me get ¹  a bit of food ²  so that you may refresh yourselves ³  since you have passed by your servant’s home. After that you may be on your way.” ⁴  “All right,” they replied, “you may do as you say.”

Genesis 24:65

24:65 and asked ⁵  Abraham’s servant, ⁶  “Who is that man walking in the field toward us?” “That is my master,” the servant replied. ⁷  So she took her veil and covered herself.

Genesis 26:22

26:22 Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac ⁸  named it ⁹  Rehoboth, ¹⁰  saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land.”

Genesis 27:27

27:27 So Jacob ¹¹  went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent ¹²  of his clothing, he blessed him, saying,

“Yes, ¹³  my son smells

like the scent of an open field

which the Lord has blessed.

Genesis 31:33

31:33 So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, and Leah’s tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. ¹⁴  Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s. ¹⁵ 

Genesis 41:8

41:8 In the morning he ¹⁶  was troubled, so he called for ¹⁷  all the diviner-priests ¹⁸  of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, ¹⁹  but no one could interpret ²⁰  them for him. ²¹ 

Genesis 45:1

The Reconciliation of the Brothers

45:1 Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants, ²²  so he cried out, “Make everyone go out from my presence!” No one remained ²³  with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

[18:5]  ¹ tn The Qal cohortative here probably has the nuance of polite request.

[18:5]  ² tn Heb “a piece of bread.” The Hebrew word לֶחֶם (lekhem) can refer either to bread specifically or to food in general. Based on Abraham’s directions to Sarah in v. 6, bread was certainly involved, but v. 7 indicates that Abraham had a more elaborate meal in mind.

[18:5]  ³ tn Heb “strengthen your heart.” The imperative after the cohortative indicates purpose here.

[18:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “so that you may refresh yourselves, after [which] you may be on your way – for therefore you passed by near your servant.”

[24:65]  ⁵ tn Heb “and she said to.”

[24:65]  ⁶ tn Heb “the servant.” The word “Abraham’s” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[24:65]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the servant said.” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[26:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he called its name.”

[26:22]  ¹¹ sn The name Rehoboth (רְהֹבוֹת, rehovot) is derived from a verbal root meaning “to make room.” The name was a reminder that God had made room for them. The story shows Isaac’s patience with the opposition; it also shows how God’s blessing outdistanced the men of Gerar. They could not stop it or seize it any longer.

[27:27]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[27:27]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and he smelled the smell”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[27:27]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “see.”

[31:33]  ¹⁷ tn No direct object is specified for the verb “find” in the Hebrew text. The words “the idols” have been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[31:33]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and he went out from the tent of Leah and went into the tent of Rachel.”

[41:8]  ²¹ tn Heb “his spirit.”

[41:8]  ²² tn Heb “he sent and called,” which indicates an official summons.

[41:8]  ²³ tn The Hebrew term חַרְטֹם (khartom) is an Egyptian loanword (hyr-tp) that describes a class of priests who were skilled in such interpretations.

[41:8]  ²⁴ tn The Hebrew text has the singular (though the Samaritan Pentateuch reads the plural). If retained, the singular must be collective for the set of dreams. Note the plural pronoun “them,” referring to the dreams, in the next clause. However, note that in v. 15 Pharaoh uses the singular to refer to the two dreams. In vv. 17-24 Pharaoh seems to treat the dreams as two parts of one dream (see especially v. 22).

[41:8]  ²⁵ tn “there was no interpreter.”

[41:8]  ²⁶ tn Heb “for Pharaoh.” The pronoun “him” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[45:1]  ²⁵ tn Heb “all the ones standing beside him.”

[45:1]  ²⁶ tn Heb “stood.”