Kejadian 14:17

14:17 After Abram ¹  returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram ²  in the Valley of Shaveh (known as the King’s Valley). ³ 

Kejadian 26:8

26:8 After Isaac ⁴  had been there a long time, ⁵  Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed ⁶  Isaac caressing ⁷  his wife Rebekah.

Kejadian 36:36

36:36 When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

Kejadian 40:16

40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable, ⁸  he said to Joseph, “I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread ⁹  on my head.

[14:17]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:17]  ² tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:17]  ³ sn The King’s Valley is possibly a reference to what came to be known later as the Kidron Valley.

[26:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it happened when the days were long to him there.”

[26:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “look, Isaac.” By the use of the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), the narrator invites the audience to view the scene through Abimelech’s eyes.

[26:8]  ⁷ tn Or “fondling.”

[26:8]  sn The Hebrew word מְצַחֵק (mÿtsakheq), from the root צָחַק (tsakhaq, “laugh”), forms a sound play with the name “Isaac” right before it. Here it depicts an action, probably caressing or fondling, that indicated immediately that Rebekah was Isaac’s wife, not his sister. Isaac’s deception made a mockery of God’s covenantal promise. Ignoring God’s promise to protect and bless him, Isaac lied to protect himself and acted in bad faith to the men of Gerar.

[40:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “that [the] interpretation [was] good.” The words “the first dream” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[40:16]  ⁹ tn Or “three wicker baskets.” The meaning of the Hebrew noun חֹרִי (khori, “white bread, cake”) is uncertain; some have suggested the meaning “wicker” instead. Comparison with texts from Ebla suggests the meaning “pastries made with white flour” (M. Dahood, “Eblaite h¬a-rí and Genesis 40,16 h£o„rî,” BN 13 [1980]: 14-16).