Kejadian 2:6

2:6 Springs ¹  would well up ²  from the earth and water ³  the whole surface of the ground. ⁴ 

Kejadian 24:4

24:4 You must go instead to my country and to my relatives ⁵  to find ⁶  a wife for my son Isaac.”

Kejadian 30:24

30:24 She named him Joseph, ⁷  saying, “May the Lord give me yet another son.”

Kejadian 41:6

41:6 Then ⁸  seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

Kejadian 42:10

42:10 But they exclaimed, ⁹  “No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

Kejadian 42:12

42:12 “No,” he insisted, “but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.” ¹⁰ 

Kejadian 44:19

44:19 My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

[2:6]  ¹ tn The conjunction vav (ו) introduces a third disjunctive clause. The Hebrew word אֵד (’ed) was traditionally translated “mist” because of its use in Job 36:27. However, an Akkadian cognate edu in Babylonian texts refers to subterranean springs or waterways. Such a spring would fit the description in this context, since this water “goes up” and waters the ground.

[2:6]  ² tn Heb “was going up.” The verb is an imperfect form, which in this narrative context carries a customary nuance, indicating continual action in past time.

[2:6]  ³ tn The perfect with vav (ו) consecutive carries the same nuance as the preceding verb. Whenever it would well up, it would water the ground.

[2:6]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew word אֲדָמָה (’adamah) actually means “ground; fertile soil.”

[2:6]  sn Here is an indication of fertility. The water would well up from the earth (אֶרֶץ, ’erets) and water all the surface of the fertile soil (אֲדָמָה). It is from that soil that the man (אָדָם, ’adam) was made (Gen 2:7).

[24:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “for to my country and my relatives you must go.”

[24:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and take.”

[30:24]  ⁷ sn The name Joseph (יוֹסֵף, yoseph) means “may he add.” The name expresses Rachel’s desire to have an additional son. In Hebrew the name sounds like the verb (אָסַף,’asasf) translated “taken away” in the earlier statement made in v. 23. So the name, while reflecting Rachel’s hope, was also a reminder that God had removed her shame.

[41:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “And look.”

[42:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they said to him.” In context this is best understood as an exclamation.

[42:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he said, ‘No, for the nakedness of the land you have come to see.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for clarity.