Kejadian 37:14

37:14 So Jacob ¹  said to him, “Go now and check on ²  the welfare ³  of your brothers and of the flocks, and bring me word.” So Jacob ⁴  sent him from the valley of Hebron.

Kejadian 43:27

43:27 He asked them how they were doing. ⁵  Then he said, “Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?”

Keluaran 18:7

18:7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him; ⁶  they each asked about the other’s welfare, and then they went into the tent.

Keluaran 18:1

The Advice of Jethro

18:1 ⁷ Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, that ⁸  the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. ⁹ 

1 Samuel 17:22

17:22 After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, ¹⁰  he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

1 Samuel 25:5

25:5 he ¹¹  sent ten servants, ¹²  saying to them, ¹³  “Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name. ¹⁴ 

1 Samuel 25:2

David Marries Abigail the Widow of Nabal

25:2 There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; ¹⁵  he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

1 Samuel 20:9

20:9 Jonathan said, “Far be it from you to suggest this! If I were at all aware that my father had decided to harm you, wouldn’t I tell you about it?”

[37:14]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:14]  ² tn Heb “see.”

[37:14]  ³ tn Heb “peace.”

[37:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[43:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “concerning peace.”

[18:7]  ⁶ sn This is more than polite oriental custom. Jethro was Moses’ benefactor, father-in-law, and a priest. He paid much respect to him. Now he could invite Jethro into his home (see B. Jacob, Exodus, 496).

[18:1]  ⁷ sn This chapter forms the transition to the Law. There has been the deliverance, the testing passages, the provision in the wilderness, and the warfare. Any God who can do all this for his people deserves their allegiance. In chap. 18 the Lawgiver is giving advice, using laws and rulings, but then he is given advice to organize the elders to assist. Thus, when the Law is fully revealed, a system will be in place to administer it. The point of the passage is that a great leader humbly accepts advice from other godly believers to delegate responsibility. He does not try to do it all himself; God does not want one individual to do it all. The chapter has three parts: vv. 1-12 tell how Jethro heard and came and worshiped and blessed; vv. 13-23 have the advice of Jethro, and then vv. 24-27 tell how Moses implemented the plan and Jethro went home. See further E. J. Runions, “Exodus Motifs in 1 Samuel 7 and 8,” EvQ 52 (1980): 130-31; and also see for another idea T. C. Butler, “An Anti-Moses Tradition,” JSOT 12 (1979): 9-15.

[18:1]  ⁸ tn This clause beginning with כִּי (ki) answers the question of what Jethro had heard; it provides a second, explanatory noun clause that is the object of the verb – “he heard (1) all that God had done… (2) that he had brought….” See R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 81, §490.

[18:1]  ⁹ sn This is an important report that Jethro has heard, for the claim of God that he brought Israel out of bondage in Egypt will be the foundation of the covenant stipulations (Exod 20).

[17:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the guard of the equipment.”

[25:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “David”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun has been used in the translation.

[25:5]  ¹² tn Or “young men.”

[25:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “and David said to the young men.”

[25:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and inquire concerning him in my name in regard to peace.”

[25:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “great.”