16:31 When he had finished 1 speaking 2 all these words, the ground that was under them split open,
21:31 So the Israelites 3 lived in the land of the Amorites.
24:25 Balaam got up and departed and returned to his home, 4 and Balak also went his way.
1 tn The initial temporal clause is standard: It begins with the temporal indicator “and it was,” followed here by the Piel infinitive construct with the preposition and the subjective genitive suffix. “And it happened when he finished.”
2 tn The infinitive construct with the preposition lamed (ל) functions here as the direct object of the preceding infinitive. It tells what he finished.
3 tn Heb “Israel.”
4 tn Heb “place.”