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 23:8

23:8 Then he said to them, “If you agree ⁵  that I may bury my dead, ⁶  then hear me out. ⁷  Ask ⁸  Ephron the son of Zohar

Genesis 34:8

34:8 But Hamor made this appeal to them: “My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. ⁹  Please give her to him as his wife.

Genesis 42:24

42:24 He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again, ¹⁰  he had Simeon taken ¹¹  from them and tied up ¹²  before their eyes.

Genesis 50:21

50:21 So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly ¹³  to them.

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 This has been replaced by the pronoun “they” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “If it is with your purpose.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) here has the nuance “purpose” or perhaps “desire” (see BDB 661 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ).

[23:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “bury my dead out of my sight.” The last phrase “out of my sight” has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:8]  ⁷ tn Or “hear me.”

[23:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “intercede for me with.”

[34:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “Shechem my son, his soul is attached to your daughter.” The verb means “to love” in the sense of being emotionally attached to or drawn to someone. This is a slightly different way of saying what was reported earlier (v. 3). However, there is no mention here of the offense. Even though Hamor is speaking to Dinah’s brothers, he refers to her as their daughter (see v. 17).

[42:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he turned to them and spoke to them.”

[42:24]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “took Simeon.” This was probably done at Joseph’s command, however; the grand vizier of Egypt would not have personally seized a prisoner.

[42:24]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and he bound him.” See the note on the preceding verb “taken.”

[50:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “spoke to their heart.”