Kejadian 12:8

12:8 Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel ¹  and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord. ² 

Kejadian 18:28

18:28 what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy ³  the whole city because five are lacking?” ⁴  He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

Kejadian 21:23

21:23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name ⁵  that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. ⁶  Show me, and the land ⁷  where you are staying, ⁸  the same loyalty ⁹  that I have shown you.” ¹⁰ 

Kejadian 26:22

26:22 Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac ¹¹  named it ¹²  Rehoboth, ¹³  saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land.”

Kejadian 29:3

29:3 When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds ¹⁴  would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well’s mouth.

Kejadian 43:21

43:21 But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money – the full amount ¹⁵  – in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it. ¹⁶ 

[12:8]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[12:8]  ² tn Heb “he called in the name of the Lord.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 4:26; 13:4; 21:33; 26:25). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116, 281.

[18:28]  ³ tn The Hebrew verb שָׁחַת (shakhat, “to destroy”) was used earlier to describe the effect of the flood.

[18:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “because of five.”

[21:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “And now swear to me by God here.”

[21:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “my offspring and my descendants.”

[21:23]  ⁷ tn The word “land” refers by metonymy to the people in the land.

[21:23]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew verb means “to stay, to live, to sojourn” as a temporary resident without ownership rights.

[21:23]  ⁹ tn Or “kindness.”

[21:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “According to the loyalty which I have done with you, do with me and with the land in which you are staying.”

[26:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:22]  ¹² tn Heb “and he called its name.”

[26:22]  ¹³ sn The name Rehoboth (רְהֹבוֹת, rehovot) is derived from a verbal root meaning “to make room.” The name was a reminder that God had made room for them. The story shows Isaac’s patience with the opposition; it also shows how God’s blessing outdistanced the men of Gerar. They could not stop it or seize it any longer.

[29:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the shepherds) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[43:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in its weight.”

[43:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “brought it back in our hand.”