Discovery Box| (0.61497230769231) | (Hos 12:8) |
2 tn Heb “I have found wealth for myself.” The verb מָצַא (matsa’, “to find”) is repeated in 12:8 to create a wordplay that is difficult to reproduce in translation. The Israelites have “found” (מָצַא) wealth for themselves (i.e., become wealthy; v. 8a) through dishonest business practices (v. 7). Nevertheless, they claim that no guilt can be “found” (מָצַא) in anything they have done in gaining their wealth (v. 8b). |
| (0.61497230769231) | (Joh 8:57) |
1 tn Grk “Then the Jews.” See the note on this term in v. 31. Here, as in vv. 31, 48, and 52, the phrase refers to the Jewish people in Jerusalem (“Judeans”; cf. BDAG 479 s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος 2.e) who had been listening to Jesus’ teaching in the temple courts (8:20) and had initially believed his claim to be the Messiah (cf. 8:31). They have now become completely hostile, as John 8:59 clearly shows. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 2:15) |
1 tn The Hebrew verb נוּחַ (nuakh, translated here as “placed”) is a different verb than the one used in 2:8. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 3:10) |
2 tn Heb “your sound.” If one sees a storm theophany here (see the note on the word “time” in v. 8), then one could translate, “your powerful voice.” |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 4:8) |
3 sn The word “brother” appears six times in vv. 8-11, stressing the shocking nature of Cain’s fratricide (see 1 John 3:12). |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 4:14) |
2 sn I must hide from your presence. The motif of hiding from the |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 9:9) |
2 tn The three pronominal suffixes (translated “you,” “your,” and “you”) are masculine plural. As v. 8 indicates, Noah and his sons are addressed. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 12:8) |
1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 13:3) |
2 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 13:4) |
1 tn Heb “to the place of the altar which he had made there in the beginning” (cf. Gen 12:7-8). |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 16:1) |
3 tn The Hebrew term שִׁפְחָה (shifkhah, translated “servant” here and in vv. 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8) refers to a menial female servant. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 28:19) |
1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 31:7) |
1 tn This rare verb means “to make a fool of” someone. It involves deceiving someone so that their public reputation suffers (see Exod 8:25). |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 31:13) |
1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 34:17) |
3 tn Heb “daughter.” Jacob’s sons call Dinah their daughter, even though she was their sister (see v. 8). This has been translated as “sister” for clarity. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 35:1) |
2 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 35:4) |
3 sn Jacob buried them. On the burial of the gods, see E. Nielson, “The Burial of the Foreign Gods,” ST 8 (1954/55): 102-22. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 35:6) |
1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Gen 35:15) |
2 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.61257258974359) | (Exo 18:4) |
3 sn The verb “delivered” is an important motif in this chapter (see its use in vv. 8, 9, and 10 with reference to Pharaoh). |
