Kejadian 15:1

The Cutting of the Covenant

15:1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram! I am your shield ¹  and the one who will reward you in great abundance.” ² 

Kejadian 18:5

18:5 And let me get ³  a bit of food ⁴  so that you may refresh yourselves ⁵  since you have passed by your servant’s home. After that you may be on your way.” ⁶  “All right,” they replied, “you may do as you say.”

Kejadian 21:10

21:10 So she said to Abraham, “Banish ⁷  that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!”

Kejadian 23:16

23:16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price ⁸  and weighed ⁹  out for him ¹⁰  the price ¹¹  that Ephron had quoted ¹²  in the hearing of the sons of Heth – 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time. ¹³ 

Kejadian 29:30

29:30 Jacob ¹⁴  had marital relations ¹⁵  with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban ¹⁶  for seven more years. ¹⁷ 

Kejadian 40:14

40:14 But remember me ¹⁸  when it goes well for you, and show ¹⁹  me kindness. ²⁰  Make mention ²¹  of me to Pharaoh and bring me out of this prison, ²² 

Kejadian 43:34

43:34 He gave them portions of the food set before him, ²³  but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk. ²⁴ 

Kejadian 47:26

47:26 So Joseph made it a statute, ²⁵  which is in effect ²⁶  to this day throughout the land of Egypt: One-fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s.

Kejadian 50:17

50:17 ‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept. ²⁷ 

[15:1]  ¹ sn The noun “shield” recalls the words of Melchizedek in 14:20. If God is the shield, then God will deliver. Abram need not fear reprisals from those he has fought.

[15:1]  ² tn Heb “your reward [in] great abundance.” When the phrase הַרְבּה מְאֹדֵ (harbeh mÿod) follows a noun it invariably modifies the noun and carries the nuance “very great” or “in great abundance.” (See its use in Gen 41:49; Deut 3:5; Josh 22:8; 2 Sam 8:8; 12:2; 1 Kgs 4:29; 10:10-11; 2 Chr 14:13; 32:27; Jer 40:12.) Here the noun “reward” is in apposition to “shield” and refers by metonymy to God as the source of the reward. Some translate here “your reward will be very great” (cf. NASB, NRSV), taking the statement as an independent clause and understanding the Hiphil infinitive absolute as a substitute for a finite verb. However, the construction הַרְבּה מְאֹדֵ is never used this way elsewhere, where it either modifies a noun (see the texts listed above) or serves as an adverb in relation to a finite verb (see Josh 13:1; 1 Sam 26:21; 2 Sam 12:30; 2 Kgs 21:16; 1 Chr 20:2; Neh 2:2).

[15:1]  sn Abram has just rejected all the spoils of war, and the Lord promises to reward him in great abundance. In walking by faith and living with integrity he cannot lose.

[18:5]  ³ tn The Qal cohortative here probably has the nuance of polite request.

[18:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “a piece of bread.” The Hebrew word לֶחֶם (lekhem) can refer either to bread specifically or to food in general. Based on Abraham’s directions to Sarah in v. 6, bread was certainly involved, but v. 7 indicates that Abraham had a more elaborate meal in mind.

[18:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “strengthen your heart.” The imperative after the cohortative indicates purpose here.

[18:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “so that you may refresh yourselves, after [which] you may be on your way – for therefore you passed by near your servant.”

[21:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “drive out.” The language may seem severe, but Sarah’s maternal instincts sensed a real danger in that Ishmael was not treating Isaac with the proper respect.

[23:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “listened to Ephron.”

[23:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Abraham weighed out.”

[23:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to Ephron.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “silver.”

[23:16]  ¹² tn Heb “that he had spoken.” The referent (Ephron) has been specified here in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[23:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “passing for the merchant.” The final clause affirms that the measurement of silver was according to the standards used by the merchants of the time.

[29:30]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:30]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “went in also to Rachel.” The expression “went in to” in this context refers to sexual intercourse, i.e., the consummation of the marriage.

[29:30]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:30]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and he loved also Rachel, more than Leah, and he served with him still seven other years.”

[40:14]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “but you have remembered me with you.” The perfect verbal form may be used rhetorically here to emphasize Joseph’s desire to be remembered. He speaks of the action as already being accomplished in order to make it clear that he expects it to be done. The form can be translated as volitional, expressing a plea or a request.

[40:14]  ¹⁹ tn This perfect verbal form with the prefixed conjunction (and the two that immediately follow) carry the same force as the preceding perfect.

[40:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “deal with me [in] kindness.”

[40:14]  ²¹ tn The verb זָכַר (zakhar) in the Hiphil stem means “to cause to remember, to make mention, to boast.” The implication is that Joseph would be pleased for them to tell his story and give him the credit due him so that Pharaoh would release him. Since Pharaoh had never met Joseph, the simple translation of “cause him to remember me” would mean little.

[40:14]  ²² tn Heb “house.” The word “prison” has been substituted in the translation for clarity.

[43:34]  ²³ tn Heb “and he lifted up portions from before his face to them.”

[43:34]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and they drank and were intoxicated with him” (cf. NIV “drank freely with him”; NEB “grew merry”; NRSV “were merry”). The brothers were apparently relaxed and set at ease, despite Joseph’s obvious favoritism toward Benjamin.

[47:26]  ²⁵ tn On the term translated “statute” see P. Victor, “A Note on Hoq in the Old Testament,” VT 16 (1966): 358-61.

[47:26]  ²⁶ tn The words “which is in effect” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[50:17]  ²⁷ tn Heb “and Joseph wept when they spoke to him.”