Genesis 23:6

23:6 “Listen, sir, ¹  you are a mighty prince ²  among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you ³  from burying your dead.”

Genesis 23:2

23:2 Then she ⁴  died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. ⁵ 

Genesis 24:20-24

24:20 She quickly emptied ⁶  her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels. 24:21 Silently the man watched her with interest to determine ⁷  if the Lord had made his journey successful ⁸  or not.

24:22 After the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka ⁹  and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels ¹⁰  and gave them to her. ¹¹  24:23 “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. ¹²  “Tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

24:24 She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom Milcah bore to Nahor. ¹³ 

Genesis 24:1

The Wife for Isaac

24:1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, ¹⁴  and the Lord had blessed him ¹⁵  in everything.

Genesis 21:22-24

21:22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “God is with you ¹⁶  in all that you do. 21:23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name ¹⁷  that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. ¹⁸  Show me, and the land ¹⁹  where you are staying, ²⁰  the same loyalty ²¹  that I have shown you.” ²² 

21:24 Abraham said, “I swear to do this.” ²³ 

Isaiah 32:8

32:8 An honorable man makes honorable plans;

his honorable character gives him security. ²⁴ 

[23:6]  ¹ tn Heb “Hear us, my lord.”

[23:6]  ² tn Heb “prince of God.” The divine name may be used here as a means of expressing the superlative, “mighty prince.” The word for “prince” probably means “tribal chief” here. See M. H. Gottstein, “Nasi’ ‘elohim (Gen 23:6),” VT 3 (1953) 298-99; and D. W. Thomas, “Consideration of Some Unusual Ways of Expressing the Superlative in Hebrew,” VT 3 (1953) 215-16.

[23:6]  ³ tn The phrase “to prevent you” has been added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “Sarah.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“she”) for stylistic reasons.

[23:2]  ⁵ sn Mourn…weep. The description here is of standard mourning rites (see K. A. Kitchen, NBD³ 149-50). They would have been carried out in the presence of the corpse, probably in Sarah’s tent. So Abraham came in to mourn; then he rose up to go and bury his dead (v. 3).

[24:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “and she hurried and emptied.”

[24:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “to know.”

[24:21]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew term צָלָה (tsalah), meaning “to make successful” in the Hiphil verbal stem, is a key term in the story (see vv. 40, 42, 56).

[24:22]  ⁹ sn A beka weighed about 5-6 grams (0.2 ounce).

[24:22]  ¹⁰ sn A shekel weighed about 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce) although weights varied locally, so these bracelets weighed about 4 ounces (115 grams).

[24:22]  ¹¹ tn The words “and gave them to her” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

[24:23]  ¹² tn Heb “and he said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’” The order of the introductory clause has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[24:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “whom she bore to Nahor.” The referent (Milcah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “days.”

[24:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Abraham.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons.

[21:22]  ¹⁶ sn God is with you. Abimelech and Phicol recognized that Abraham enjoyed special divine provision and protection.

[21:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “And now swear to me by God here.”

[21:23]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “my offspring and my descendants.”

[21:23]  ¹⁹ tn The word “land” refers by metonymy to the people in the land.

[21:23]  ²⁰ tn The Hebrew verb means “to stay, to live, to sojourn” as a temporary resident without ownership rights.

[21:23]  ²¹ tn Or “kindness.”

[21:23]  ²² tn Heb “According to the loyalty which I have done with you, do with me and with the land in which you are staying.”

[21:24]  ²³ tn Heb “I swear.” No object is specified in the Hebrew text, but the content of the oath requested by Abimelech is the implied object.

[32:8]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and he upon honorable things stands.”