Kejadian 7:4

7:4 For in seven days ¹  I will cause it to rain ²  on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

Kejadian 18:24

18:24 What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare ³  the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

Kejadian 18:29-31

18:29 Abraham ⁴  spoke to him again, ⁵  “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

18:30 Then Abraham ⁶  said, “May the Lord not be angry ⁷  so that I may speak! ⁸  What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

18:31 Abraham ⁹  said, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

Kejadian 50:3

50:3 They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. ¹⁰  The Egyptians mourned ¹¹  for him seventy days. ¹² 

[7:4]  ¹ tn Heb “for seven days yet,” meaning “after [or “in”] seven days.”

[7:4]  ² tn The Hiphil participle מַמְטִיר (mamtir, “cause to rain”) here expresses the certainty of the act in the imminent future.

[18:24]  ³ tn Heb “lift up,” perhaps in the sense of “bear with” (cf. NRSV “forgive”).

[18:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:29]  ⁵ tn The construction is a verbal hendiadys – the preterite (“he added”) is combined with an adverb “yet” and an infinitive “to speak.”

[18:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “let it not be hot to the Lord.” This is an idiom which means “may the Lord not be angry.”

[18:30]  ⁸ tn After the jussive, the cohortative indicates purpose/result.

[18:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[50:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and forty days were fulfilled for him, for thus are fulfilled the days of embalming.”

[50:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “wept.”

[50:3]  ¹² sn Seventy days. This probably refers to a time of national mourning.