Kejadian 11:5

11:5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people ¹  had started ²  building.

Kejadian 13:17

13:17 Get up and ³  walk throughout ⁴  the land, ⁵  for I will give it to you.”

Kejadian 27:43

27:43 Now then, my son, do what I say. ⁶  Run away immediately ⁷  to my brother Laban in Haran.

Kejadian 31:21

31:21 He left ⁸  with all he owned. He quickly crossed ⁹  the Euphrates River ¹⁰  and headed for ¹¹  the hill country of Gilead.

Kejadian 33:20

33:20 There he set up an altar and called it “The God of Israel is God.” ¹² 

[11:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of man.” The phrase is intended in this polemic to portray the builders as mere mortals, not the lesser deities that the Babylonians claimed built the city.

[11:5]  ² tn The Hebrew text simply has בָּנוּ (banu), but since v. 8 says they left off building the city, an ingressive idea (“had started building”) should be understood here.

[13:17]  ³ tn The connective “and” is not present in the Hebrew text; it has been supplied for purposes of English style.

[13:17]  ⁴ tn The Hitpael form הִתְהַלֵּךְ (hithallekh) means “to walk about”; it also can carry the ideas of moving about, traversing, going back and forth, or living in an area. It here has the connotation of traversing the land to survey it, to look it over.

[13:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “the land to its length and to its breadth.” This phrase has not been included in the translation because it is somewhat redundant (see the note on the word “throughout” in this verse).

[27:43]  ⁶ tn Heb “listen to my voice.”

[27:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “arise, flee.”

[31:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he fled.”

[31:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “he arose and crossed.” The first verb emphasizes that he wasted no time in getting across.

[31:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the river”; the referent (the Euphrates) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[31:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he set his face.”

[33:20]  ¹² tn Heb “God, the God of Israel.” Rather than translating the name, a number of modern translations merely transliterate it from the Hebrew as “El Elohe Israel” (cf. NIV, NRSV, REB). It is not entirely clear how the name should be interpreted grammatically. One option is to supply an equative verb, as in the translation: “The God of Israel [is] God.” Another interpretive option is “the God of Israel [is] strong [or “mighty”].” Buying the land and settling down for a while was a momentous step for the patriarch, so the commemorative naming of the altar is significant.