Kejadian 5:21

5:21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.

Kejadian 11:2

11:2 When the people ¹  moved eastward, ²  they found a plain in Shinar ³  and settled there.

Kejadian 27:5

27:5 Now Rebekah had been listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. ⁴  When Esau went out to the open fields to hunt down some wild game and bring it back, ⁵ 

Kejadian 31:30

31:30 Now I understand that ⁶  you have gone away ⁷  because you longed desperately ⁸  for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?” ⁹ 

Kejadian 41:38

41:38 So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find a man like Joseph, ¹⁰  one in whom the Spirit of God is present?” ¹¹ 

[11:2]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:2]  ² tn Or perhaps “from the east” (NRSV) or “in the east.”

[11:2]  ³ tn Heb “in the land of Shinar.”

[11:2]  sn Shinar is the region of Babylonia.

[27:5]  ⁴ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced by a conjunction with the subject, followed by the predicate) here introduces a new scene in the story.

[27:5]  ⁵ tc The LXX adds here “to his father,” which may have been accidentally omitted in the MT.

[31:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “and now.” The words “I understand that” have been supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[31:30]  ⁷ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the certainty of the action.

[31:30]  ⁸ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the degree of emotion involved.

[31:30]  ⁹ sn Yet why did you steal my gods? This last sentence is dropped into the speech rather suddenly. See C. Mabee, “Jacob and Laban: The Structure of Judicial Proceedings,” VT 30 (1980): 192-207, and G. W. Coats, “Self-Abasement and Insult Formulas,” JBL 91 (1972): 90-92.

[41:38]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “like this,” but the referent could be misunderstood to be a man like that described by Joseph in v. 33, rather than Joseph himself. For this reason the proper name “Joseph” has been supplied in the translation.

[41:38]  ¹¹ tn The rhetorical question expects the answer “No, of course not!”