Discovery Box| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 6:13) |
1 sn On the divine style utilized here, see R. Lapointe, “The Divine Monologue as a Channel of Revelation,” CBQ 32 (1970): 161-81. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 7:11) |
2 sn On the prescientific view of the sky reflected here, see L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World (AnBib), 46. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 9:25) |
1 sn For more on the curse, see H. C. Brichto, The Problem of “Curse” in the Hebrew Bible (JBLMS), and J. Scharbert, TDOT 1:405-18. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 9:25) |
2 sn Cursed be Canaan. The curse is pronounced on Canaan, not Ham. Noah sees a problem in Ham’s character, and on the basis of that he delivers a prophecy about the future descendants who will live in slavery to such things and then be controlled by others. (For more on the idea of slavery in general, see E. M. Yamauchi, “Slaves of God,” BETS 9 [1966]: 31-49). In a similar way Jacob pronounced oracles about his sons based on their revealed character (see Gen 49). |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 10:15) |
3 tn Some see a reference to “Hittites” here (cf. NIV), but this seems unlikely. See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 12:7) |
1 tn The same Hebrew term זֶרַע (zera’) may mean “seed” (for planting), “offspring” (occasionally of animals, but usually of people), or “descendants” depending on the context. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 13:3) |
1 tn Heb “on his journeys”; the verb and noun combination means to pick up the tents and move from camp to camp. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 13:13) |
1 tn Here is another significant parenthetical clause in the story, signaled by the vav (וו) disjunctive (translated “now”) on the noun at the beginning of the clause. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 15:18) |
3 sn The river of Egypt is a wadi (a seasonal stream) on the northeastern border of Egypt, not to the River Nile. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 16:7) |
2 tn Heb “And the angel of the |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 16:15) |
1 sn Whom Abram named Ishmael. Hagar must have informed Abram of what the angel had told her. See the note on the name “Ishmael” in 16:11. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 17:19) |
1 tn Heb “will call his name Isaac.” The name means “he laughs,” or perhaps “may he laugh” (see the note on the word “laughed” in v. 17). |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 18:5) |
4 tn Heb “so that you may refresh yourselves, after [which] you may be on your way – for therefore you passed by near your servant.” |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 18:13) |
1 tn Heb “Why, this?” The demonstrative pronoun following the interrogative pronoun is enclitic, emphasizing the |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 19:17) |
1 tn Or “one of them”; Heb “he.” Several ancient versions (LXX, Vulgate, Syriac) read the plural “they.” See also the note on “your” in v. 19. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 19:18) |
1 tn Or “my lords.” See the following note on the problem of identifying the addressee here. The Hebrew term is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay). |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 19:19) |
4 sn The Hebrew word חֶסֶד (khesed) can refer to “faithful love” or to “kindness,” depending on the context. The precise nuance here is uncertain. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 22:14) |
2 sn On the expression to this day see B. Childs, “A Study of the Formula ‘Until this Day’,” JBL 82 (1963): 279-92. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 27:21) |
2 tn Heb “Are you this one, Esau, my son, or not?” On the use of the interrogative particle here, see BDB 210 s.v. הֲ. |
| (0.53290533333333) | (Gen 31:34) |
1 tn The “camel’s saddle” was probably some sort of basket-saddle, a cushioned saddle with a basket bound on. Cf. NAB “inside a camel cushion.” |
