Kejadian 8:2

8:2 The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, ¹  and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

Kejadian 9:7

9:7 But as for you, ²  be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”

Kejadian 20:15

20:15 Then Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.” ³ 

Kejadian 21:15

21:15 When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved ⁴  the child under one of the shrubs.

Kejadian 25:10

25:10 This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. ⁵  There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

Kejadian 49:32

49:32 The field and the cave in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.” ⁶ 

[8:2]  ¹ tn Some (e.g., NIV) translate the preterite verb forms in this verse as past perfects (e.g., “had been closed”), for it seems likely that the sources of the water would have stopped before the waters receded.

[9:7]  ² sn The disjunctive clause (conjunction + pronominal subject + verb) here indicates a strong contrast to what has preceded. Against the backdrop of the warnings about taking life, God now instructs the people to produce life, using terms reminiscent of the mandate given to Adam (Gen 1:28).

[20:15]  ³ tn Heb “In the [place that is] good in your eyes live!”

[21:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “threw,” but the child, who was now thirteen years old, would not have been carried, let alone thrown under a bush. The exaggerated language suggests Ishmael is limp from dehydration and is being abandoned to die. See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 2:85.

[25:10]  ⁵ tn See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.

[49:32]  ⁶ tn Some translate the Hebrew term “Heth” as “Hittites” here (see also Gen 23:3), but this gives the impression that these people were the classical Hittites of Anatolia. However, there is no known connection between these sons of Heth, apparently a Canaanite group (see Gen 10:15), and the Hittites of Asia Minor. See H. A. Hoffner, Jr., “Hittites,” Peoples of the Old Testament World, 152-53.