An ancient Jewish interpretation of the passage states: “He made the serpent, cause of the deceit, press the earth with belly and flank, having bitterly driven ...

42:1 When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?” 42:2 He then said, “Look, I hear that there is grain ...

' 43:3 But Baruch son of Neriah is stirring you up against us. ... He wants to hand us over to the Babylonians so that they will kill us or carry us off into ...

In Gen 3:16 the Lord announces a struggle, a conflict between the man and the woman. She will desire to control him, but he will dominate her instead. This ...

[3:11] sn The Hebrew word order (“Did you from the tree – which I commanded you not to eat from it – eat?”) is arranged to emphasize that the man's and the ...

[20:28] tn The first line uses two Hebrew words, חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת (khesed ve'emet, “loyal love and truth”), to tell where security lies. The first word is the covenant ...

[43:32] tn Or “disgraceful.” The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to'evah, “abomination”) describes something that is loathsome or off-limits. For other practices the ...

[2:22] tn The Hebrew verb is בָּנָה (banah, “to make, to build, to construct”). The text states that the Lord God built the rib into a woman. Again, the passage ...

In Gen 3:16 the Lord announces a struggle, a conflict between the man and the woman. She will desire to control him, but he will dominate her instead. This ...

43:11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this ... (ta'avah, translated “attractive” here) actually means “desirable.