Discovery Box| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 6:13) |
3 tn The participle, especially after הִנֵּה (hinneh) has an imminent future nuance. The Hiphil of שָׁחָת (shakhat) here has the sense “to destroy” (in judgment). Note the wordplay involving this verb in vv. 11-13: The earth is “ruined” because all flesh has acted in a morally “corrupt” manner. Consequently, God will “destroy” all flesh (the referent of the suffix “them”) along with the ruined earth. They had ruined themselves and the earth with violence, and now God would ruin them with judgment. For other cases where “earth” occurs as the object of the Hiphil of שָׁחָת, see 1 Sam 6:5; 1 Chr 20:1; Jer 36:29; 51:25. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 6:14) |
1 sn The Hebrew verb is an imperative. A motif of this section is that Noah did as the |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 7:11) |
1 sn The watery deep. The same Hebrew term used to describe the watery deep in Gen 1:2 (תְּהוֹם, tihom) appears here. The text seems to picture here subterranean waters coming from under the earth and contributing to the rapid rise of water. The significance seems to be, among other things, that in this judgment God was returning the world to its earlier condition of being enveloped with water – a judgment involving the reversal of creation. On Gen 7:11 see G. F. Hasel, “The Fountains of the Great Deep,” Origins 1 (1974): 67-72; idem, “The Biblical View of the Extent of the Flood,” Origins 2 (1975): 77-95. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (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. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 7:23) |
4 tn The Hebrew verb שָׁאָר (sha’ar) means “to be left over; to survive” in the Niphal verb stem. It is the word used in later biblical texts for the remnant that escapes judgment. See G. F. Hasel, “Semantic Values of Derivatives of the Hebrew Root só’r,” AUSS 11 (1973): 152-69. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 8:1) |
1 tn The Hebrew word translated “remembered” often carries the sense of acting in accordance with what is remembered, i.e., fulfilling covenant promises (see B. S. Childs, Memory and Tradition in Israel [SBT], especially p. 34). |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 8:9) |
1 tn The words “still covered” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 8:12) |
1 tn The word “again” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 8:13) |
1 tn Heb In the six hundred and first year.” Since this refers to the six hundred and first year of Noah’s life, the word “Noah’s” has been supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 8:17) |
1 tn The words “bring out” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 8:20) |
1 sn Offered burnt offerings on the altar. F. D. Maurice includes a chapter on the sacrifice of Noah in The Doctrine of Sacrifice. The whole burnt offering, according to Leviticus 1, represented the worshiper’s complete surrender and dedication to the |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 8:21) |
1 tn The |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 8:21) |
4 tn Here the Hebrew word translated “curse” is קָלָל (qalal), used in the Piel verbal stem. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 9:3) |
2 tn The words “I gave you” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 9:4) |
3 tn Heb “its life, its blood.” The second word is in apposition to the first, explaining what is meant by “its life.” Since the blood is equated with life, meat that had the blood in it was not to be eaten. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 9:4) |
4 tn The words “in it” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 9:5) |
2 tn The word “punishment” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification. The verb דָּרָשׁ (darash) means “to require, to seek, to ask for, to exact.” Here it means that God will exact punishment for the taking of a life. See R. Mawdsley, “Capital Punishment in Gen. 9:6,” CentBib 18 (1975): 20-25. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 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. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 9:12) |
4 tn The words “a covenant” are supplied in the translation for clarification. |
| (0.99596154471545) | (Gen 9:13) |
2 sn The Hebrew word קֶשֶׁת (qeshet) normally refers to a warrior’s bow. Some understand this to mean that God the warrior hangs up his battle bow at the end of the flood, indicating he is now at peace with humankind, but others question the legitimacy of this proposal. See C. Westermann, Genesis, 1:473, and G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:196. |
