Kejadian 31:52

31:52 “This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me. ¹ 

Kejadian 31:48

31:48 Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement ²  today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

Kejadian 45:12

45:12 You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you. ³ 

Kejadian 31:50

31:50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize ⁴  that God is witness to your actions.” ⁵ 

Kejadian 23:18

23:18 as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron’s city. ⁶ 

Kejadian 50:15

50:15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay ⁷  us in full ⁸  for all the harm ⁹  we did to him?”

Kejadian 31:44

31:44 So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, ¹⁰  you and I, and it will be ¹¹  proof that we have made peace.” ¹² 

Kejadian 21:30

21:30 He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof ¹³  that I dug this well.” ¹⁴ 

Kejadian 31:47

31:47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, ¹⁵  but Jacob called it Galeed. ¹⁶ 

Kejadian 23:11

23:11 “No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell ¹⁷  you both the field and the cave that is in it. ¹⁸  In the presence of my people ¹⁹  I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”

Kejadian 21:33

21:33 Abraham ²⁰  planted a tamarisk tree ²¹  in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the Lord, ²²  the eternal God.

Kejadian 31:51

31:51 “Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you,” Laban said to Jacob. ²³ 

Kejadian 30:33

30:33 My integrity will testify for me ²⁴  later on. ²⁵  When you come to verify that I’ve taken only the wages we agreed on, ²⁶  if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen.” ²⁷ 

Kejadian 23:9-10

23:9 if he will sell ²⁸  me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly ²⁹  for the full price, ³⁰  so that I may own it as a burial site.”

23:10 (Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite ³¹  replied to Abraham in the hearing ³²  of the sons of Heth – before all who entered the gate ³³  of his city –

Kejadian 23:16

23:16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price ³⁴  and weighed ³⁵  out for him ³⁶  the price ³⁷  that Ephron had quoted ³⁸  in the hearing of the sons of Heth – 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time. ³⁹ 

Kejadian 31:32

31:32 Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! ⁴⁰  In the presence of our relatives ⁴¹  identify whatever is yours and take it.” ⁴²  (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.) ⁴³ 

[31:52]  ¹ tn Heb “This pile is a witness and the pillar is a witness, if I go past this pile to you and if you go past this pile and this pillar to me for harm.”

[31:48]  ² tn Heb “a witness between me and you.”

[45:12]  ³ tn Heb “And, look, your eyes see and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that my mouth is the one speaking to you.”

[31:50]  ⁴ tn Heb “see.”

[31:50]  ⁵ tn Heb “between me and you.”

[23:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “his city”; the referent (Ephron) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:18]  sn See G. M. Tucker, “The Legal Background of Genesis 23,” JBL 85 (1966):77-84; and M. R. Lehmann, “Abraham’s Purchase of Machpelah and Hittite Law,” BASOR 129 (1953): 15-18.

[50:15]  ⁷ tn The imperfect tense could be a simple future; it could also have a desiderative nuance.

[50:15]  ⁸ tn The infinitive absolute makes the statement emphatic, “repay in full.”

[50:15]  ⁹ tn Or “evil.”

[31:44]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

[31:44]  ¹¹ tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) followed by the preposition לְ (lÿ) means “become.”

[31:44]  ¹² tn Heb “and it will become a witness between me and you.”

[21:30]  ¹³ tn Heb “that it be for me for a witness.”

[21:30]  ¹⁴ sn This well. Since the king wanted a treaty to share in Abraham’s good fortune, Abraham used the treaty to secure ownership of and protection for the well he dug. It would be useless to make a treaty to live in this territory if he had no rights to the water. Abraham consented to the treaty, but added his rider to it.

[31:47]  ¹⁵ sn Jegar Sahadutha. Laban the Aramean gave the place an Aramaic name which means “witness pile” or “the pile is a witness.”

[31:47]  ¹⁶ sn Galeed also means “witness pile” or “the pile is a witness,” but this name is Canaanite or Western Semitic and closer to later Hebrew. Jacob, though certainly capable of speaking Aramaic, here prefers to use the western dialect.

[23:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “give.” The perfect tense has here a present nuance; this is a formal, legally binding declaration. Abraham asked only for a burial site/cave within the field; Ephron agrees to sell him the entire field.

[23:11]  ¹⁸ tn The Hebrew text adds “to you I give [i.e., sell] it.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated for stylistic reasons.

[23:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “in the presence of the sons of my people.”

[21:33]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:33]  ²¹ sn The planting of the tamarisk tree is a sign of Abraham’s intent to stay there for a long time, not a religious act. A growing tree in the Negev would be a lasting witness to God’s provision of water.

[21:33]  ²² tn Heb “he called there in the name of the Lord.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 4:26; 12:8; 13:4; 26:25). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116, 281.

[31:51]  ²³ tn Heb “and Laban said to Jacob, ‘Behold this heap and behold the pillar which I have set between men and you.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:33]  ²⁴ tn Heb “will answer on my behalf.”

[30:33]  ²⁵ tn Heb “on the following day,” or “tomorrow.”

[30:33]  ²⁶ tn Heb “when you come concerning my wage before you.”

[30:33]  sn Only the wage we agreed on. Jacob would have to be considered completely honest here, for he would have no control over the kind of animals born; and there could be no disagreement over which animals were his wages.

[30:33]  ²⁷ tn Heb “every one which is not speckled and spotted among the lambs and dark among the goats, stolen it is with me.”

[23:9]  ²⁸ tn Heb “give.” This is used here (also a second time later in this verse) as an idiom for “sell”; see the note on the word “grant” in v. 4.

[23:9]  ²⁹ tn Heb “in your presence.”

[23:9]  ³⁰ tn Heb “silver.”

[23:10]  ³¹ tn Or perhaps “Hittite,” but see the note on the name “Heth” in v. 3.

[23:10]  ³² tn Heb “ears.” By metonymy the “ears” stand for the presence or proximity (i.e., within earshot) of the persons named.

[23:10]  ³³ sn On the expression all who entered the gate see E. A. Speiser, “‘Coming’ and ‘Going’ at the City Gate,” BASOR 144 (1956): 20-23; and G. Evans, “‘Coming’ and ‘Going’ at the City Gate: A Discussion of Professor Speiser’s Paper,” BASOR 150 (1958): 28-33.

[23:16]  ³⁴ tn Heb “listened to Ephron.”

[23:16]  ³⁵ tn Heb “and Abraham weighed out.”

[23:16]  ³⁶ tn Heb “to Ephron.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:16]  ³⁷ tn Heb “silver.”

[23:16]  ³⁸ tn Heb “that he had spoken.” The referent (Ephron) has been specified here in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[23:16]  ³⁹ tn Heb “passing for the merchant.” The final clause affirms that the measurement of silver was according to the standards used by the merchants of the time.

[31:32]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “With whomever you find your gods, he will not live.”

[31:32]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

[31:32]  ⁴² tn Heb “recognize for yourself what is with me and take for yourself.”

[31:32]  ⁴³ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced here by a vav [ו] conjunction) provides supplemental material that is important to the story. Since this material is parenthetical in nature, it has been placed in parentheses in the translation.