Kejadian 15:10

15:10 So Abram ¹  took all these for him and then cut them in two ²  and placed each half opposite the other, ³  but he did not cut the birds in half.

Kejadian 20:17

20:17 Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

Kejadian 32:19

32:19 He also gave these instructions to the second and third servants, as well as all those who were following the herds, saying, “You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him. ⁴ 

Kejadian 35:4

35:4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession ⁵  and the rings that were in their ears. ⁶  Jacob buried them ⁷  under the oak ⁸  near Shechem

Kejadian 41:24

41:24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this ⁹  to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning.” ¹⁰ 

Kejadian 44:17

44:17 But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of ¹¹  you may go back ¹²  to your father in peace.”

Kejadian 45:7

45:7 God sent me ¹³  ahead of you to preserve you ¹⁴  on the earth and to save your lives ¹⁵  by a great deliverance.

[15:10]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:10]  ² tn Heb “in the middle.”

[15:10]  ³ tn Heb “to meet its neighbor.”

[15:10]  sn For discussion of this ritual see G. F. Hasel, “The Meaning of the Animal Rite in Genesis 15,” JSOT 19 (1981): 61-78.

[32:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “And he commanded also the second, also the third, also all the ones going after the herds, saying: ‘According to this word you will speak when you find him.’”

[35:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “in their hand.”

[35:4]  ⁶ sn On the basis of a comparison with Gen 34 and Num 31, G. J. Wenham argues that the foreign gods and the rings could have been part of the plunder that came from the destruction of Shechem (Genesis [WBC], 2:324).

[35:4]  ⁷ sn Jacob buried them. On the burial of the gods, see E. Nielson, “The Burial of the Foreign Gods,” ST 8 (1954/55): 102-22.

[35:4]  ⁸ tn Or “terebinth.”

[41:24]  ⁹ tn The words “all this” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[41:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and there was no one telling me.”

[44:17]  ¹¹ tn The words “the rest of” have been supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[44:17]  ¹² tn Heb “up” (reflecting directions from their point of view – “up” to Canaan; “down” to Egypt).

[45:7]  ¹³ sn God sent me. The repetition of this theme that God sent Joseph is reminiscent of commission narratives in which the leader could announce that God sent him (e.g., Exod 3:15).

[45:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to make you a remnant.” The verb, followed here by the preposition לְ (lÿ), means “to make.”

[45:7]  ¹⁵ tn The infinitive gives a second purpose for God’s action.