Genesis 8:12

8:12 He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, ¹  but it did not return to him this time. ² 

Genesis 21:29-30

21:29 Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these ³  seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?” 21:30 He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof ⁴  that I dug this well.” ⁵ 

[8:12]  ¹ tn The word “again” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:12]  ² tn Heb “it did not again return to him still.” For a study of this section of the flood narrative, see W. O. E. Oesterley, “The Dove with the Olive Leaf (Gen VIII 8–11),” ExpTim 18 (1906/07): 377-78.

[21:29]  ³ tn Heb “What are these?”

[21:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “that it be for me for a witness.”

[21:30]  ⁶ sn This well. Since the king wanted a treaty to share in Abraham’s good fortune, Abraham used the treaty to secure ownership of and protection for the well he dug. It would be useless to make a treaty to live in this territory if he had no rights to the water. Abraham consented to the treaty, but added his rider to it.