Genesis 31:40

31:40 I was consumed by scorching heat ¹  during the day and by piercing cold ²  at night, and I went without sleep. ³ 

Genesis 19:15

19:15 At dawn ⁴  the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get going! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, ⁵  or else you will be destroyed when the city is judged!” ⁶ 

Genesis 31:15

31:15 Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted ⁷  the money paid for us! ⁸ 

Genesis 19:17

19:17 When they had brought them outside, they ⁹  said, “Run ¹⁰  for your lives! Don’t look ¹¹  behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! ¹²  Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!”

[31:40]  ¹ tn Or “by drought.”

[31:40]  ² tn Heb “frost, ice,” though when contrasted with the חֹרֶב (khorev, “drought, parching heat”) of the day, “piercing cold” is more appropriate as a contrast.

[31:40]  ³ tn Heb “and my sleep fled from my eyes.”

[19:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “When dawn came up.”

[19:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “who are found.” The wording might imply he had other daughters living in the city, but the text does not explicitly state this.

[19:15]  ⁶ tn Or “with the iniquity [i.e., punishment] of the city” (cf. NASB, NRSV).

[31:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he devoured, even devouring.” The infinitive absolute (following the finite verb here) is used for emphasis.

[31:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “our money.” The word “money” is used figuratively here; it means the price paid for Leah and Rachel. A literal translation (“our money”) makes it sound as if Laban wasted money that belonged to Rachel and Leah, rather than the money paid for them.

[19:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “one of them”; Heb “he.” Several ancient versions (LXX, Vulgate, Syriac) read the plural “they.” See also the note on “your” in v. 19.

[19:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “escape.”

[19:17]  ¹² tn The Hebrew verb translated “look” signifies an intense gaze, not a passing glance. This same verb is used later in v. 26 to describe Lot’s wife’s self-destructive look back at the city.

[19:17]  ¹³ tn Or “in the plain”; Heb “in the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.