Kejadian 18:2
Konteks18:2 Abraham 1 looked up 2 and saw 3 three men standing across 4 from him. When he saw them 5 he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low 6 to the ground. 7
Kejadian 24:31
Konteks24:31 Laban said to him, 8 “Come, you who are blessed by the Lord! 9 Why are you standing out here when I have prepared 10 the house and a place for the camels?”
[18:2] 1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[18:2] 2 tn Heb “lifted up his eyes.”
[18:2] 3 tn Heb “and saw, and look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) draws attention to what he saw. The drawn-out description focuses the reader’s attention on Abraham’s deliberate, fixed gaze and indicates that what he is seeing is significant.
[18:2] 4 tn The Hebrew preposition עַל (’al) indicates the three men were nearby, but not close by, for Abraham had to run to meet them.
[18:2] 5 tn The pronoun “them” has been supplied in the translation for clarification. In the Hebrew text the verb has no stated object.
[18:2] 6 tn The form וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ (vayyishtakhu, “and bowed low”) is from the verb הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה (hishtakhavah, “to worship, bow low to the ground”). It is probably from a root חָוָה (khavah), though some derive it from שָׁחָה (shakhah).
[18:2] 7 sn The reader knows this is a theophany. The three visitors are probably the
[24:31] 8 tn Heb “and he said.” The referent (Laban) has been specified and the words “to him” supplied in the translation for clarity.
[24:31] 9 sn Laban’s obsession with wealth is apparent; to him it represents how one is blessed by the