Genesis 4:20

4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first ¹  of those who live in tents and keep ²  livestock.

Genesis 9:27

9:27 May God enlarge Japheth’s territory and numbers! ³ 

May he live ⁴  in the tents of Shem

and may Canaan be his slave!”

Genesis 13:5

13:5 Now Lot, who was traveling ⁵  with Abram, also had ⁶  flocks, herds, and tents.

Genesis 18:1

Three Special Visitors

18:1 The Lord appeared to Abraham ⁷  by the oaks ⁸  of Mamre while ⁹  he was sitting at the entrance ¹⁰  to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

[4:20]  ¹ tn Heb “father.” In this passage the word “father” means “founder,” referring to the first to establish such lifestyles and occupations.

[4:20]  ² tn The word “keep” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation. Other words that might be supplied instead are “tend,” “raise” (NIV), or “have” (NRSV).

[9:27]  ³ tn Heb “may God enlarge Japheth.” The words “territory and numbers” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:27]  ⁴ tn In this context the prefixed verbal form is a jussive (note the distinct jussive forms both before and after this in vv. 26 and 27).

[13:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “was going.”

[13:5]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew idiom is “to Lot…there was,” the preposition here expressing possession.

[18:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  ⁸ tn Or “terebinths.”

[18:1]  ⁹ tn The disjunctive clause here is circumstantial to the main clause.

[18:1]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew noun translated “entrance” is an adverbial accusative of place.