Genesis 6:16

6:16 Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches ¹  from the top. ²  Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks.

Genesis 43:25

43:25 They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival ³  at noon, for they had heard ⁴  that they were to have a meal ⁵  there.

[6:16]  ¹ tn Heb “a cubit.”

[6:16]  ² tn Heb “to a cubit you shall finish it from above.” The idea is that Noah was to leave an 18-inch opening from the top for a window for light.

[43:25]  ³ tn The construction uses the infinitive construct after the preposition, followed by the subjective genitive.

[43:25]  ⁴ tn The action precedes the action of preparing the gift, and so must be translated as past perfect.

[43:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “eat bread.” The imperfect verbal form is used here as a historic future (future from the perspective of the past).