Genesis 20:8

20:8 Early in the morning ¹  Abimelech summoned ²  all his servants. When he told them about all these things, ³  they ⁴  were terrified.

Genesis 22:1

The Sacrifice of Isaac

22:1 Some time after these things God tested ⁵  Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham ⁶  replied.

Genesis 22:20

22:20 After these things Abraham was told, “Milcah ⁷  also has borne children to your brother Nahor –

Genesis 39:7

39:7 Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of ⁸  Joseph and said, “Have sex with me.” ⁹ 

Genesis 48:1

Manasseh and Ephraim

48:1 After these things Joseph was told, ¹⁰  “Your father is weakening.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

[20:8]  ¹ tn Heb “And Abimelech rose early in the morning and he summoned.”

[20:8]  ² tn The verb קָרָא (qara’) followed by the preposition לְ (lamed) means “to summon.”

[20:8]  ³ tn Heb “And he spoke all these things in their ears.”

[20:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the men.” This has been replaced by the pronoun “they” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[22:1]  ⁵ sn The Hebrew verb used here means “to test; to try; to prove.” In this passage God tests Abraham to see if he would be obedient. See T. W. Mann, The Book of the Torah, 44-48. See also J. L. Crenshaw, A Whirlpool of Torment (OBT), 9-30; and J. I. Lawlor, “The Test of Abraham,” GTJ 1 (1980): 19-35.

[22:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:20]  ⁹ tn In the Hebrew text the sentence begins with הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to the statement.

[39:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “she lifted up her eyes toward,” an expression that emphasizes her deliberate and careful scrutiny of him.

[39:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “lie with me.” Here the expression “lie with” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

[48:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and one said.” With no expressed subject in the Hebrew text, the verb can be translated with the passive voice.