Kejadian 14:23-24

14:23 that I will take nothing ¹  belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, ‘It is I ²  who made Abram rich.’ 14:24 I will take nothing ³  except compensation for what the young men have eaten. ⁴  As for the share of the men who went with me – Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre – let them take their share.”

Kejadian 20:3

20:3 But God appeared ⁵  to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “You are as good as dead ⁶  because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.” ⁷ 

Kejadian 22:13

22:13 Abraham looked up ⁸  and saw ⁹  behind him ¹⁰  a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he ¹¹  went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Kejadian 30:37

30:37 But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible.

Kejadian 44:29

44:29 If you take ¹²  this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair ¹³  in tragedy ¹⁴  to the grave.’ ¹⁵ 

[14:23]  ¹ tn The oath formula is elliptical, reading simply: “…if I take.” It is as if Abram says, “[May the Lord deal with me] if I take,” meaning, “I will surely not take.” The positive oath would add the negative adverb and be the reverse: “[God will deal with me] if I do not take,” meaning, “I certainly will.”

[14:23]  ² tn The Hebrew text adds the independent pronoun (“I”) to the verb form for emphasis.

[14:24]  ³ tn The words “I will take nothing” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “except only what the young men have eaten.”

[20:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “came.”

[20:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “Look, you [are] dead.” The Hebrew construction uses the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) with a second person pronominal particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) with by the participle. It is a highly rhetorical expression.

[20:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “and she is owned by an owner.” The disjunctive clause is causal or explanatory in this case.

[22:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “lifted his eyes.”

[22:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “and saw, and look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to what Abraham saw and invites the audience to view the scene through his eyes.

[22:13]  ¹⁰ tc The translation follows the reading of the MT; a number of Hebrew mss, the LXX, Syriac, and Samaritan Pentateuch read “one” (אֶחָד, ’ekhad) instead of “behind him” (אַחַר, ’akhar).

[22:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Abraham”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[44:29]  ¹² tn The construction uses a perfect verbal form with the vav consecutive to introduce the conditional clause and then another perfect verbal form with a vav consecutive to complete the sentence: “if you take…then you will bring down.”

[44:29]  ¹³ sn The expression bring down my gray hair is figurative, using a part for the whole – they would put Jacob in the grave. But the gray head signifies a long life of worry and trouble. See Gen 42:38.

[44:29]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “evil/calamity.” The term is different than the one used in the otherwise identical statement recorded in v. 31 (see also 42:38).

[44:29]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to Sheol,” the dwelling place of the dead.