Genesis 6:17

6:17 I am about to bring ¹  floodwaters ²  on the earth to destroy ³  from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. ⁴  Everything that is on the earth will die,

Genesis 8:9

8:9 The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still covered ⁵  the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noah ⁶  in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove, ⁷  and brought it back into the ark. ⁸ 

Genesis 12:8

12:8 Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel ⁹  and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord. ¹⁰ 

Genesis 21:14

21:14 Early in the morning Abraham took ¹¹  some food ¹²  and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, ¹³  and sent her away. So she went wandering ¹⁴  aimlessly through the wilderness ¹⁵  of Beer Sheba.

[6:17]  ¹ tn The Hebrew construction uses the independent personal pronoun, followed by a suffixed form of הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) and the a participle used with an imminent future nuance: “As for me, look, I am going to bring.”

[6:17]  ² tn Heb “the flood, water.”

[6:17]  ³ tn The verb שָׁחָת (shakhat, “to destroy”) is repeated yet again, only now in an infinitival form expressing the purpose of the flood.

[6:17]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew construction here is different from the previous two; here it is רוּחַ חַיִּים (ruakh khayyim) rather than נֶפֶשׁ הַיָּה (nefesh khayyah) or נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים (nishmat khayyim). It refers to everything that breathes.

[8:9]  ⁵ tn The words “still covered” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Noah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the dove) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he brought it to himself to the ark.”

[12:8]  ⁹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[12:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he called in the name of the Lord.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 4:26; 13:4; 21:33; 26:25). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116, 281.

[21:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “and Abraham rose up early in the morning and he took.”

[21:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “bread,” although the term can be used for food in general.

[21:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “He put upon her shoulder, and the boy [or perhaps, “and with the boy”], and he sent her away.” It is unclear how “and the boy” relates syntactically to what precedes. Perhaps the words should be rearranged and the text read, “and he put [them] on her shoulder and he gave to Hagar the boy.”

[21:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “she went and wandered.”

[21:14]  ¹⁷ tn Or “desert,” although for English readers this usually connotes a sandy desert like the Sahara rather than the arid wasteland of this region with its sparse vegetation.