[10:26] 2 sn The name Almodad combines the Arabic article al with modad (“friend”). Almodad was the ancestor of a South Arabian people.
[10:26] 3 sn The name Sheleph may be related to Shilph, a district of Yemen; Shalph is a Yemenite tribe.
[10:26] 4 sn The name Hazarmaveth should be equated with Hadramawt, located in Southern Arabia.
[10:26] 5 sn The name Jerah means “moon.”
[13:13] 6 tn Here is another significant parenthetical clause in the story, signaled by the vav (וו) disjunctive (translated “now”) on the noun at the beginning of the clause.
[13:13] 7 tn Heb “men.” However, this is generic in sense; it is unlikely that only the male residents of Sodom were sinners.
[13:13] 8 tn Heb “wicked and sinners against the