¹ tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”

³ tn Heb “with which they served [or, ‘fulfilled their duty’].”

³ tn Heb “with which they served (or “fulfilled their duty”).”

¹ tn Heb “served” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “earned a wife.”

² tn Grk “all the ways he served in Ephesus.”

³ tn Heb “and he served the disgusting idols which his father served and he bowed down to them.”

³ tn Heb “for you, you know my service [with] which I have served you.”

² tn Heb “served you,” but in this accusatory context the meaning is more “worked like a slave.”

² tn Or “served”; or “followed” (this term occurs in the following verse as well).

¹ tn Heb “Just as I served before your father, so I will be before you.”

³ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

¹ tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”

¹ tn The word “served” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he loved also Rachel, more than Leah, and he served with him still seven other years.”

¹ sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.

² sn The sign functions for the shepherds like Elizabeth’s conception served for Mary in 1:36.

¹ sn He served them. This is the same Hebrew verb, meaning “to serve as a personal attendant,” that was translated “became [his] servant” in 39:4.

² sn This may refer to a site in the Egyptian Delta which served as a refuge for Jews (Jer 44:1; 46:14).

² tn Or simply, “have served,” but in the emotional context of the older son’s outburst the translation given is closer to the point.