Genesis 6:1

God’s Grief over Humankind’s Wickedness

6:1 When humankind ¹  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born ²  to them, ³ 

Genesis 18:16

Abraham Pleads for Sodom

18:16 When the men got up to leave, ⁴  they looked out over ⁵  Sodom. (Now ⁶  Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.) ⁷ 

Genesis 19:24

19:24 Then the Lord rained down ⁸  sulfur and fire ⁹  on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord. ¹⁰ 

Genesis 29:1

The Marriages of Jacob

29:1 So Jacob moved on ¹¹  and came to the land of the eastern people. ¹² 

Genesis 37:34

37:34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, ¹³  and mourned for his son many days.

Genesis 38:19

38:19 She left immediately, ¹⁴  removed her veil, and put on her widow’s clothes.

[6:1]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has the article prefixed to the noun. Here the article indicates the generic use of the word אָדָם (’adam): “humankind.”

[6:1]  ² tn This disjunctive clause (conjunction + subject + verb) is circumstantial to the initial temporal clause. It could be rendered, “with daughters being born to them.” For another example of such a disjunctive clause following the construction וַיְהִיכִּי (vayÿhiki, “and it came to pass when”), see 2 Sam 7:1.

[6:1]  ³ tn The pronominal suffix is third masculine plural, indicating that the antecedent “humankind” is collective.

[18:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “And the men arose from there.”

[18:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “toward the face of.”

[18:16]  ⁶ tn The disjunctive parenthetical clause sets the stage for the following speech.

[18:16]  ⁷ tn The Piel of שָׁלַח (shalakh) means “to lead out, to send out, to expel”; here it is used in the friendly sense of seeing the visitors on their way.

[19:24]  ⁷ tn The disjunctive clause signals the beginning of the next scene and highlights God’s action.

[19:24]  ⁸ tn Or “burning sulfur” (the traditional “fire and brimstone”).

[19:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “from the Lord from the heavens.” The words “It was sent down” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[29:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and Jacob lifted up his feet.” This unusual expression suggests that Jacob had a new lease on life now that God had promised him the blessing he had so desperately tried to gain by his own efforts. The text portrays him as having a new step in his walk.

[29:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the land of the sons of the east.”

[37:34]  ¹³ tn Heb “and put sackcloth on his loins.”

[38:19]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and she arose and left,” the first verb in the pair emphasizing that she wasted no time.