Kejadian 4:17

The Beginning of Civilization

4:17 Cain had marital relations ¹  with his wife, and she became pregnant ²  and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after ³  his son Enoch.

Kejadian 13:18

13:18 So Abram moved his tents and went to live ⁴  by the oaks ⁵  of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.

Kejadian 30:26

30:26 Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you. ⁶  Then I’ll depart, ⁷  because you know how hard I’ve worked for you.” ⁸ 

[4:17]  ¹ tn Heb “knew,” a frequent euphemism for sexual relations.

[4:17]  ² tn Or “she conceived.”

[4:17]  ³ tn Heb “according to the name of.”

[13:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “he came and lived.”

[13:18]  ⁵ tn Or “terebinths.”

[30:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “give my wives and my children, for whom I have served you.” In one sense Laban had already “given” Jacob his two daughters as wives (Gen 29:21, 28). Here Jacob was asking for permission to take his own family along with him on the journey back to Canaan.

[30:26]  ⁷ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

[30:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “for you, you know my service [with] which I have served you.”