Genesis 3:11

3:11 And the Lord God ¹  said, “Who told you that you were naked? ²  Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” ³ 

Genesis 19:12

19:12 Then the two visitors ⁴  said to Lot, “Who else do you have here? ⁵  Do you have ⁶  any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city? ⁷  Get them out of this ⁸  place

Genesis 24:23

24:23 “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. ⁹  “Tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

Genesis 24:65

24:65 and asked ¹⁰  Abraham’s servant, ¹¹  “Who is that man walking in the field toward us?” “That is my master,” the servant replied. ¹²  So she took her veil and covered herself.

Genesis 33:8

33:8 Esau ¹³  then asked, “What did you intend ¹⁴  by sending all these herds to meet me?” ¹⁵  Jacob ¹⁶  replied, “To find favor in your sight, my lord.”

[3:11]  ¹ tn Heb “and he said.” The referent (the Lord God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:11]  ² sn Who told you that you were naked? This is another rhetorical question, asking more than what it appears to ask. The second question in the verse reveals the Lord God’s real concern.

[3:11]  ³ sn The Hebrew word order (“Did you from the tree – which I commanded you not to eat from it – eat?”) is arranged to emphasize that the man’s and the woman’s eating of the fruit was an act of disobedience. The relative clause inserted immediately after the reference to the tree brings out this point very well.

[19:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “the men,” referring to the angels inside Lot’s house. The word “visitors” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[19:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “Yet who [is there] to you here?”

[19:12]  ⁶ tn The words “Do you have” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[19:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “a son-in-law and your sons and your daughters and anyone who (is) to you in the city.”

[19:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “the place.” The Hebrew article serves here as a demonstrative.

[24:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’” The order of the introductory clause has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[24:65]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and she said to.”

[24:65]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the servant.” The word “Abraham’s” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[24:65]  ¹² tn Heb “and the servant said.” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[33:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Who to you?”

[33:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “all this camp which I met.”

[33:8]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.