Judges 5:23

5:23 ‘Call judgment down on ¹  Meroz,’ says the Lord’s angelic ²  messenger;

‘Be sure ³  to call judgment down on ⁴  those who live there,

because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle, ⁵ 

to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’ ⁶ 

Genesis 25:13

25:13 These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names according to their records: ⁷  Nebaioth (Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Genesis 37:25

37:25 When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up ⁸  and saw ⁹  a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt. ¹⁰ 

Genesis 37:28

37:28 So when the Midianite ¹¹  merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled ¹²  him ¹³  out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites ¹⁴  then took Joseph to Egypt.

Genesis 37:1

Joseph’s Dreams

37:1 But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, ¹⁵  in the land of Canaan. ¹⁶ 

Genesis 25:10-11

25:10 This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. ¹⁷  There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. 25:11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed ¹⁸  his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi. ¹⁹ 

Genesis 25:1

The Death of Abraham

25:1 Abraham had taken ²⁰  another ²¹  wife, named Keturah.

Genesis 20:11

20:11 Abraham replied, “Because I thought, ²²  ‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of ²³  my wife.’

Genesis 20:2

20:2 Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.

Genesis 14:9

14:9 Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, ²⁴  Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar. Four kings fought against ²⁵  five.

Proverbs 18:23

18:23 A poor person makes supplications, ²⁶ 

but a rich man answers harshly. ²⁷ 

Philippians 2:21

2:21 Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.

[5:23]  ¹ tn Heb “Curse Meroz.”

[5:23]  ² tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive.

[5:23]  ³ tn Heb “Curse, cursing.” The Hebrew construction is emphatic.

[5:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “[to] curse.”

[5:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “to the help of the Lord” (the same Hebrew phrase occurs in the following line). Another option is to read “to aid the Lord’s cause.”

[5:23]  ⁶ tn Or “along with the other warriors.”

[25:13]  ⁷ tn The meaning of this line is not easily understood. The sons of Ishmael are listed here “by their names” and “according to their descendants.”

[37:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “lifted up their eyes.”

[37:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they saw and look.” By the use of וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh, “and look”), the narrator invites the reader to see the event through the eyes of the brothers.

[37:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh, going to go down to Egypt.”

[37:28]  ¹¹ sn On the close relationship between Ishmaelites (v. 25) and Midianites, see Judg 8:24.

[37:28]  ¹² tn Heb “they drew and they lifted up.” The referent (Joseph’s brothers) has been specified in the translation for clarity; otherwise the reader might assume the Midianites had pulled Joseph from the cistern (but cf. NAB).

[37:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “Joseph” (both here and in the following clause); the proper name has been replaced both times by the pronoun “him” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[37:28]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ishmaelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the land of the sojournings of his father.”

[37:1]  ¹⁶ sn The next section begins with the heading This is the account of Jacob in Gen 37:2, so this verse actually forms part of the preceding section as a concluding contrast with Esau and his people. In contrast to all the settled and expanded population of Esau, Jacob was still moving about in the land without a permanent residence and without kings. Even if the Edomite king list was added later (as the reference to kings in Israel suggests), its placement here in contrast to Jacob and his descendants is important. Certainly the text deals with Esau before dealing with Jacob – that is the pattern. But the detail is so great in chap. 36 that the contrast cannot be missed.

[25:10]  ¹⁷ tn See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.

[25:11]  ¹⁸ sn God blessed Isaac. The Hebrew verb “bless” in this passage must include all the gifts that God granted to Isaac. But fertility was not one of them, at least not for twenty years, because Rebekah was barren as well (see v. 21).

[25:11]  ¹⁹ sn Beer Lahai Roi. See the note on this place name in Gen 24:62.

[25:1]  ²⁰ tn Or “took.”

[25:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “And Abraham added and took.”

[20:11]  ²² tn Heb “Because I said.”

[20:11]  ²³ tn Heb “over the matter of.”

[14:9]  ²⁴ tn Or “Goyim.” See the note on the word “nations” in 14:1.

[14:9]  ²⁵ tn The Hebrew text has simply “against.” The word “fought” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[18:23]  ²⁶ tn Heb “speaks supplications”; NIV “pleads for mercy.” The poor man has to ask for help because he has no choice (cf. CEV). The Hebrew term תַּחֲנוּן (takhanun) is a “supplication for favor” (related to the verb חָנַן [khanan], “to be gracious; to show favor”). So the poor man speaks, but what he speaks is a request for favor.

[18:23]  ²⁷ sn The rich person responds harshly to the request. He has hardened himself against such appeals because of relentless demands. The proverb is an observation saying; it simply describes the way the world generally works, rather than setting this out as the ideal.