22:30 he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, 6
who will escape 7 through the cleanness of your hands.”
1 tn Or “for,” if the particle is understood as causal (as many English translations do) rather than asseverative.
2 sn For a discussion of the term prophet see N. Walker, “What is a Nabhi?” ZAW 73 (1961): 99-100.
3 tn After the preceding jussive (or imperfect), the imperative with vav conjunctive here indicates result.
sn He will pray for you that you may live. Abraham was known as a man of God whose prayer would be effectual. Ironically and sadly, he was also known as a liar.
4 tn Heb “if there is not you returning.” The suffix on the particle becomes the subject of the negated clause.
5 tn The imperfect is preceded by the infinitive absolute to make the warning emphatic.
6 tc The Hebrew has אִי־נָקִי (’i naqi), which could be taken as “island of the innocent” (so Ibn-Ezra), or “him that is not innocent” (so Rashi). But some have changed אִי (’i) to אִישׁ (’ish, “the innocent man”). Others differ: A. Guillaume links אִי (’i) to Arabic ‘ayya “whosoever,” and so leaves the text alone. M. Dahood secures the same idea from Ugaritic, but reads it אֵי (’e).
7 tc The MT has “he will escape [or be delivered].” Theodotion has the second person, “you will be delivered.”