Kejadian 18:28

18:28 what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy ¹  the whole city because five are lacking?” ²  He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

Kejadian 29:25

29:25 In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! ³  So Jacob ⁴  said to Laban, “What in the world have you done to me! ⁵  Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked ⁶  me?”

Kejadian 32:10

32:10 I am not worthy of all the faithful love ⁷  you have shown ⁸  your servant. With only my walking stick ⁹  I crossed the Jordan, ¹⁰  but now I have become two camps.

[18:28]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb שָׁחַת (shakhat, “to destroy”) was used earlier to describe the effect of the flood.

[18:28]  ² tn Heb “because of five.”

[29:25]  ³ tn Heb “and it happened in the morning that look, it was Leah.” By the use of the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), the narrator invites the reader to view the scene through Jacob’s eyes.

[29:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:25]  ⁵ tn Heb What is this you have done to me?” The use of the pronoun “this” is enclitic, adding emphasis to the question: “What in the world have you done to me?”

[29:25]  ⁶ sn The Hebrew verb translated tricked here (רָמָה, ramah) is cognate to the noun used in Gen 27:35 to describe Jacob’s deception of Esau. Jacob is discovering that what goes around, comes around. See J. A. Diamond, “The Deception of Jacob: A New Perspective on an Ancient Solution to the Problem,” VT 34 (1984): 211-13.

[32:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “the loving deeds and faithfulness” (see 24:27, 49).

[32:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “you have done with.”

[32:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “for with my staff.” The Hebrew word מַקֵל (maqel), traditionally translated “staff,” has been rendered as “walking stick” because a “staff” in contemporary English refers typically to the support personnel in an organization.

[32:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “this Jordan.”