Genesis 9:6

9:6 “Whoever sheds human blood, ¹ 

by other humans ² 

must his blood be shed;

for in God’s image ³ 

God ⁴  has made humankind.”

Genesis 9:26

9:26 He also said,

“Worthy of praise is ⁵  the Lord, the God of Shem!

May Canaan be the slave of Shem! ⁶ 

Genesis 22:1

The Sacrifice of Isaac

22:1 Some time after these things God tested ⁷  Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham ⁸  replied.

Genesis 35:9

35:9 God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.

[9:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the blood of man.”

[9:6]  ² tn Heb “by man,” a generic term here for other human beings.

[9:6]  ³ sn See the notes on the words “humankind” and “likeness” in Gen 1:26, as well as J. Barr, “The Image of God in the Book of Genesis – A Study of Terminology,” BJRL 51 (1968/69): 11-26.

[9:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “blessed be.”

[9:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “a slave to him”; the referent (Shem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:1]  ⁹ sn The Hebrew verb used here means “to test; to try; to prove.” In this passage God tests Abraham to see if he would be obedient. See T. W. Mann, The Book of the Torah, 44-48. See also J. L. Crenshaw, A Whirlpool of Torment (OBT), 9-30; and J. I. Lawlor, “The Test of Abraham,” GTJ 1 (1980): 19-35.

[22:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.