Genesis 6:18

6:18 but I will confirm ¹  my covenant with you. You will enter ²  the ark – you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

Genesis 14:9

14:9 Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, ³  Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar. Four kings fought against ⁴  five.

Genesis 20:16

20:16 To Sarah he said, “Look, I have given a thousand pieces of silver ⁵  to your ‘brother.’ ⁶  This is compensation for you so that you will stand vindicated before all who are with you.” ⁷ 

[6:18]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb וַהֲקִמֹתִי (vahaqimoti) is the Hiphil perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive (picking up the future sense from the participles) from קוּם (qum, “to rise up”). This may refer to the confirmation or fulfillment of an earlier promise, but it is more likely that it anticipates the unconditional promise made to humankind following the flood (see Gen 9:9, 11, 17).

[6:18]  ² tn The perfect verb form with vav (ו) consecutive is best understood as specific future, continuing God’s description of what will happen (see vv. 17-18a).

[14:9]  ³ tn Or “Goyim.” See the note on the word “nations” in 14:1.

[14:9]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text has simply “against.” The word “fought” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[20:16]  ⁵ sn A thousand pieces [Heb “shekels”] of silver. The standards for weighing money varied considerably in the ancient Near East, but the generally accepted weight for the shekel is 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce). This makes the weight of silver here 11.5 kilograms, or 400 ounces (about 25 pounds).

[20:16]  ⁶ sn To your ‘brother.’ Note the way that the king refers to Abraham. Was he being sarcastic? It was surely a rebuke to Sarah. What is amazing is how patient this king was. It is proof that the fear of God was in that place, contrary to what Abraham believed (see v. 11).

[20:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look, it is for you a covering of the eyes, for all who are with you, and with all, and you are set right.” The exact meaning of the statement is unclear. Apparently it means that the gift of money somehow exonerates her in other people’s eyes. They will not look on her as compromised (see G. J. Wenham, Genesis [WBC], 2:74).