Genesis 24:28

24:28 The young woman ran and told her mother’s household all about ¹  these things.

Genesis 31:30

31:30 Now I understand that ²  you have gone away ³  because you longed desperately ⁴  for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?” ⁵ 

Genesis 20:18

20:18 For the Lord ⁶  had caused infertility to strike every woman ⁷  in the household of Abimelech because he took ⁸  Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Genesis 35:8

35:8 (Deborah, ⁹  Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named ¹⁰  Oak of Weeping.) ¹¹ 

Genesis 46:27

46:27 Counting the two sons ¹²  of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy. ¹³ 

Genesis 12:8

12:8 Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel ¹⁴  and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord. ¹⁵ 

[24:28]  ¹ tn Heb “according to.”

[31:30]  ² tn Heb “and now.” The words “I understand that” have been supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[31:30]  ³ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the certainty of the action.

[31:30]  ⁴ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the degree of emotion involved.

[31:30]  ⁵ sn Yet why did you steal my gods? This last sentence is dropped into the speech rather suddenly. See C. Mabee, “Jacob and Laban: The Structure of Judicial Proceedings,” VT 30 (1980): 192-207, and G. W. Coats, “Self-Abasement and Insult Formulas,” JBL 91 (1972): 90-92.

[20:18]  ³ tn In the Hebrew text the clause begins with “because.”

[20:18]  ⁴ tn Heb had completely closed up every womb.” In the Hebrew text infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “because of.” The words “he took” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[35:8]  ⁴ sn Deborah. This woman had been Rebekah’s nurse, but later attached herself to Jacob. She must have been about one hundred and eighty years old when she died.

[35:8]  ⁵ tn “and he called its name.” There is no expressed subject, so the verb can be translated as passive.

[35:8]  ⁶ tn Or “Allon Bacuth,” if one transliterates the Hebrew name (cf. NEB, NIV, NRSV). An oak tree was revered in the ancient world and often designated as a shrine or landmark. This one was named for the weeping (mourning) occasioned by the death of Deborah.

[46:27]  ⁵ tn The LXX reads “nine sons,” probably counting the grandsons of Joseph born to Ephraim and Manasseh (cf. 1 Chr 7:14-20).

[46:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two people; all the people belonging to the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy.”

[12:8]  ⁶ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[12:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “he called in the name of the Lord.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 4:26; 13:4; 21:33; 26:25). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116, 281.