Genesis 26:30

26:30 So Isaac ¹  held a feast for them and they celebrated. ² 

Genesis 29:22

29:22 So Laban invited all the people ³  of that place and prepared a feast.

Genesis 21:8

21:8 The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared ⁴  a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. ⁵ 

Genesis 19:3

19:3 But he urged ⁶  them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.

Genesis 40:20

40:20 On the third day it was Pharaoh’s birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He “lifted up” ⁷  the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants.

[26:30]  ¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:30]  ² tn Heb “and they ate and drank.”

[29:22]  ³ tn Heb “men.”

[21:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “made.”

[21:8]  ⁶ sn Children were weaned closer to the age of two or three in the ancient world, because infant mortality was high. If an infant grew to this stage, it was fairly certain he or she would live. Such an event called for a celebration, especially for parents who had waited so long for a child.

[19:3]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew verb פָּצַר (patsar, “to press, to insist”) ironically foreshadows the hostile actions of the men of the city (see v. 9, where the verb also appears). The repetition of the word serves to contrast Lot to his world.

[40:20]  ⁹ tn The translation puts the verb in quotation marks because it is used rhetorically here and has a double meaning. With respect to the cup bearer it means “reinstate” (see v. 13), but with respect to the baker it means “decapitate” (see v. 19).