Genesis 2:14

2:14 The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. ¹  The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 8:3

8:3 The waters kept receding steadily ²  from the earth, so that they ³  had gone down ⁴  by the end of the 150 days.

Genesis 13:11

13:11 Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled ⁵  toward the east.

So the relatives separated from each other. ⁶ 

Genesis 28:1

28:1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman! ⁷ 

Genesis 29:16

29:16 (Now Laban had two daughters; ⁸  the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.

Genesis 34:15

34:15 We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become ⁹  like us by circumcising ¹⁰  all your males.

[2:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Asshur” (so NEB, NIV).

[8:3]  ² tn The construction combines a Qal preterite from שׁוּב (shuv) with its infinitive absolute to indicate continuous action. The infinitive absolute from הָלָךְ (halakh) is included for emphasis: “the waters returned…going and returning.”

[8:3]  ³ tn Heb “the waters.” The pronoun (“they”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:3]  ⁴ tn The vav (ו) consecutive with the preterite here describes the consequence of the preceding action.

[13:11]  ³ tn Heb “Lot traveled.” The proper name has not been repeated in the translation at this point for stylistic reasons.

[13:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “a man from upon his brother.”

[28:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

[29:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “and to Laban [there were] two daughters.” The disjunctive clause (introduced here by a conjunction and a prepositional phrase) provides supplemental material that is important to the story. Since this material is parenthetical in nature, vv. 16-17 have been set in parentheses in the translation.

[34:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “if you are like us.”

[34:15]  ⁷ tn The infinitive here explains how they would become like them.