Kejadian 8:13

8:13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year, ¹  in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that ²  the surface of the ground was dry.

Kejadian 21:23

21:23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name ³  that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. ⁴  Show me, and the land ⁵  where you are staying, ⁶  the same loyalty ⁷  that I have shown you.” ⁸ 

Kejadian 22:2

22:2 God ⁹  said, “Take your son – your only son, whom you love, Isaac ¹⁰  – and go to the land of Moriah! ¹¹  Offer him up there as a burnt offering ¹²  on one of the mountains which I will indicate to ¹³  you.”

Kejadian 48:16

48:16 the Angel ¹⁴  who has protected me ¹⁵ 

from all harm –

bless these boys.

May my name be named in them, ¹⁶ 

and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac.

May they grow into a multitude on the earth.”

[8:13]  ¹ tn Heb In the six hundred and first year.” Since this refers to the six hundred and first year of Noah’s life, the word “Noah’s” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:13]  ² tn Heb “and saw and look.” As in v. 11, the deictic particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) invites readers to enter into the story, as it were, and look at the dry ground with their own eyes.

[21:23]  ³ tn Heb “And now swear to me by God here.”

[21:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “my offspring and my descendants.”

[21:23]  ⁵ tn The word “land” refers by metonymy to the people in the land.

[21:23]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew verb means “to stay, to live, to sojourn” as a temporary resident without ownership rights.

[21:23]  ⁷ tn Or “kindness.”

[21:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “According to the loyalty which I have done with you, do with me and with the land in which you are staying.”

[22:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:2]  ¹⁰ sn Take your son…Isaac. The instructions are very clear, but the details are deliberate. With every additional description the commandment becomes more challenging.

[22:2]  ¹¹ sn There has been much debate over the location of Moriah; 2 Chr 3:1 suggests it may be the site where the temple was later built in Jerusalem.

[22:2]  ¹² sn A whole burnt offering signified the complete surrender of the worshiper and complete acceptance by God. The demand for a human sacrifice was certainly radical and may have seemed to Abraham out of character for God. Abraham would have to obey without fully understanding what God was about.

[22:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “which I will say to.”

[48:16]  ¹⁴ sn The Samaritan Pentateuch reads “king” here, but the traditional reading (“angel”) may be maintained. Jacob closely associates God with an angelic protective presence. This does not mean that Jacob viewed his God as a mere angel, but it does suggest that he was aware of an angelic presence sent by God to protect him. Here he so closely associates the two that they become virtually indistinguishable. In this culture messengers typically carried the authority of the one who sent them and could even be addressed as such. Perhaps Jacob thought that the divine blessing would be mediated through this angelic messenger.

[48:16]  ¹⁵ tn The verb גָּאַל (ga’al) has the basic idea of “protect” as a near relative might do. It is used for buying someone out of bondage, marrying a deceased brother’s widow, paying off debts, avenging the family, and the like. The meanings of “deliver, protect, avenge” are most fitting when God is the subject (see A. R. Johnson, “The Primary Meaning of √גאל,” Congress Volume: Copenhagen, 1953 [VTSup], 67-77).

[48:16]  ¹⁶ tn Or “be recalled through them.”