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 23:10

23:10 (Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite ⁵  replied to Abraham in the hearing ⁶  of the sons of Heth – before all who entered the gate ⁷  of his city –

[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 This has been replaced by the pronoun “they” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:10]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “Hittite,” but see the note on the name “Heth” in v. 3.

[23:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “ears.” By metonymy the “ears” stand for the presence or proximity (i.e., within earshot) of the persons named.

[23:10]  ⁷ sn On the expression all who entered the gate see E. A. Speiser, “‘Coming’ and ‘Going’ at the City Gate,” BASOR 144 (1956): 20-23; and G. Evans, “‘Coming’ and ‘Going’ at the City Gate: A Discussion of Professor Speiser’s Paper,” BASOR 150 (1958): 28-33.