Kejadian 3:13

3:13 So the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this ¹  you have done?” And the woman replied, “The serpent ²  tricked ³  me, and I ate.”

Kejadian 24:50

24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “This is the Lord’s doing. ⁴  Our wishes are of no concern. ⁵ 

Kejadian 31:14

31:14 Then Rachel and Leah replied to him, “Do we still have any portion or inheritance ⁶  in our father’s house?

Kejadian 31:31

31:31 “I left secretly because I was afraid!” ⁷  Jacob replied to Laban. “I thought ⁸  you might take your daughters away from me by force. ⁹ 

Kejadian 44:22

44:22 We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father ¹⁰  will die.’ ¹¹ 

[3:13]  ¹ tn The use of the demonstrative pronoun is enclitic, serving as an undeclined particle for emphasis. It gives the sense of “What in the world have you done?” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 24, §118).

[3:13]  ² sn The Hebrew word order puts the subject (“the serpent”) before the verb here, giving prominence to it.

[3:13]  ³ tn This verb (the Hiphil of נָשָׁא, nasha) is used elsewhere of a king or god misleading his people into false confidence (2 Kgs 18:29 = 2 Chr 32:15 = Isa 36:14; 2 Kgs 19:10 = Isa 37:10), of an ally deceiving a partner (Obad 7), of God deceiving his sinful people as a form of judgment (Jer 4:10), of false prophets instilling their audience with false hope (Jer 29:8), and of pride and false confidence producing self-deception (Jer 37:9; 49:16; Obad 3).

[24:50]  ⁴ tn Heb “From the Lord the matter has gone out.”

[24:50]  ⁵ tn Heb “We are not able to speak to you bad or good.” This means that Laban and Bethuel could not say one way or the other what they wanted, for they viewed it as God’s will.

[31:14]  ⁶ tn The two nouns may form a hendiadys, meaning “a share in the inheritance” or “a portion to inherit.”

[31:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “and Jacob answered and said to Laban, ‘Because I was afraid.’” This statement is a not a response to the question about Laban’s household gods that immediately precedes, but to the earlier question about Jacob’s motivation for leaving so quickly and secretly (see v. 27). For this reason the words “I left secretly” are supplied in the translation to indicate the connection to Laban’s earlier question in v. 27. Additionally the order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse have been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[31:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “for I said.”

[31:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “lest you steal your daughters from with me.”

[44:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the boy’s father, i.e., Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[44:22]  ¹¹ tn The last two verbs are perfect tenses with vav consecutive. The first is subordinated to the second as a conditional clause.