The One Year Bible TLB (273 page)

16:5
May the Lord judge you for doing this to me,
literally, “Let the Lord judge between me and you.”

16:13
Thereafter,
implied.

17:17
inside he was laughing in disbelief,
implied.

18:6
pancakes,
probably some sort of tortilla.

18:10
Next year,
literally, “When life would be due.”

6:13
from the Evil One,
or “from evil.” Some manuscripts add here, “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, Amen.”

7:9
God,
literally, “the just.”

7:10
those whose hearts and lives are true and right,
literally, “the upright in heart.”

6:34
Live one day at a time,
literally, “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

7:12
This is the teaching of the laws of Moses in a nutshell,
literally, “This is the law and the prophets.”

7:13
The highway to hell,
literally, “The way that leads to destruction.”

8:5
only a little lower than the angels,
or “only a little lower than God!”

21:9
teasing,
or “mocking,” whether in innocent fun or otherwise is not clear in the text.

22:1
faith and obedience,
implied.

22:18
your offspring,
or “your seed.”

7:20
or a person,
implied.

7:22
At the Judgment,
literally, “In that day.”

7:23
You have never been mine,
literally, “I never knew you.”

7:29
not as their Jewish leaders,
literally, “not as the scribes.” These leaders only quoted others, and did not presume to present any fresh revelation.

9:2
O Lord God above all gods,
literally, “O Most High.”

9:4
you have endorsed my work, declaring from your throne that it is good,
literally, “you sit on the throne, judging righteously.”

9:11
in Jerusalem,
literally, “in Zion.”

2:19
will ever be the same again,
literally, “will ever return to the ways of life.”

2:21
enjoy life to the full,
literally, “shall dwell in the land.”

2:22
lose the good things they might have had,
literally, “shall be cut off from the land.”

24:9
the servant vowed,
literally, “the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him that.”

24:15-16
a beautiful young girl,
literally, “a virgin.”
the son of Nahor,
Abraham’s brother.

24:21
to see if she would finish the job,
implied.

24:22
gold earring,
literally, “nose-ring.”

24:28
the girl ran home to tell her folks.
Doubtless to tell them that a messenger had arrived from her great-uncle.

24:31
friend,
literally, “blessed of Jehovah.”

24:37
local girls,
literally, “daughters of the Canaanites.”

24:38
to his brother’s family,
literally, “to my father’s house.”

24:48
a girl from the family of my master’s brother,
literally, “my master’s brother’s daughter.”

8:4
Don’t stop to talk to anyone,
literally, “See you tell no man.”

8:8-9
and it isn’t necessary for you to come,
implied.

8:11
like this Roman officer,
implied.

8:15
prepared a meal for them,
literally, “ministered unto them.”

8:17
He took our sicknesses and bore our diseases,
see Isaiah 53:4.

9:14
at Jerusalem’s gates,
literally, “in the gates of the daughter of Zion.”

9:16
The Hebrew text adds at the end of the verse: “Higgaion. Selah.” The meanings of these words are not known.

24:65
It is my master’s son,
literally, “It is my master.”

25:4
Midian’s sons were . . . and Eldaah.
The text adds, “All these were the children of Keturah.”

25:17
and joined his ancestors,
literally, “and was gathered to his people.”

25:21
even after many years of marriage,
implied in vv. 20 and 26.

25:25
Esau
sounds a little like the Hebrew word for “hair.”

25:34
indifferent to the loss of the rights he had thrown away,
literally, “thus did Esau consider his birthright to be of no value.”

8:19
Just then,
implied.
one of the Jewish religious teachers,
literally, “a scribe.”

8:20
the Messiah,
literally, “the Son of Man.”

8:21
when my father is dead, then I will follow you,
or “let me first go and bury my father.”

8:22
now,
implied.
spiritually dead,
implied.

8:29
You have no right to torment us yet,
literally, “Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

10:4
that God is dead,
literally, “that there is no God.”

26:20
The Well of Argument,
i.e., Esek.

26:21
The Well of Anger,
i.e., Sitnah.

26:22
The Well of Room Enough for Us at Last,
i.e., Rehoboth.

26:33
The Well of the Oath,
i.e., Shibah.
Oath,
i.e., Beer-sheba.

27:2-4
that belong to you, my firstborn son,
implied.

27:8-10
instead of Esau,
implied.

27:11-12
He won’t be fooled that easily,
implied.

27:36
The Cheater.
Jacob
means “Cheater.”

27:38
Isaac says nothing.
This appears in some versions, not in others.

9:1
his hometown,
literally, “his own city.”

9:5-6
the Messiah,
literally, “the Son of Man.”

9:9
Matthew,
the Matthew who wrote this book.

9:10
at Matthew’s house,
implied.

9:13
I want you to be merciful,
see Hosea 6:6.

9:15
I,
literally, “the Bridegroom.”

9:17
old wineskins.
These were leather bags for storing wine.

28:2
your grandfather,
literally, “your mother’s father.”
your Uncle,
literally, “your mother’s brother.”

28:12
a staircase,
literally, “a ladder.”

28:19
of the nearest village,
literally, “of the city.”

29:26
Laban replied smoothly,
implied from context.

9:31
all over the town,
literally, “in all that land.”

11:1
Flee,
literally, “Flee as a bird.”

11:3
Law and order have collapsed,
literally, “If the foundations have been torn down.”

11:7
the godly shall see his face,
or “his face shines down in mercy and joy upon the good.”

30:6
Dan (meaning “Justice”).
The meaning is not of the actual Hebrew name, but of a Hebrew word sounding like the name. The name given is a Hebrew pun. An example in English might be, “Because of the large hospital bill the child was named ‘Bill.’”

30:14
mandrakes,
a leafy plant eaten by peasant women who supposed this would aid them in becoming pregnant.

30:27
a fortune-teller that I consulted,
literally, “I have learned by divination.”

31:12
and told me that I should mate the white female goats with streaked, speckled, and mottled male goats,
implied; literally, “notice that all the mating males are speckled, streaked, and mottled.”

10:7
is near,
or “at hand” or “has arrived.”

10:23
I,
literally, “The Son of Man.”

3:13-15
The man who knows right from wrong,
literally, “The man who finds wisdom.”

31:35
but I’m having my monthly period,
implied; literally, “The manner of women is upon me.” She was pregnant with Benjamin, but was falsely claiming her menstrual period, which, under the later Mosaic law, caused ceremonial defilement of all that she sat upon. See Leviticus 15.

31:39
stolen . . . whether I could help it or not,
literally, “stolen by day or by night.”

31:47-48
if either of us trespasses across this line,
implied.

32:1-2
So Jacob and his household,
implied.
God’s territory,
literally, “Two encampments.”

32:10
left home,
literally, “passed over this Jordan.”

10:25
have been called ‘Satan’;
see 9:34 where they call him this.

11:1
preaching in the cities where they were scheduled to go,
literally, “to teach and preach in their cities.” Luke remarks, “The Lord now chose seventy other disciples and sent them on ahead in pairs to all the towns and villages he planned to visit later” (10:1).

32:22-24
and wakened,
implied.

33:10
I was as frightened of you as though approaching God,
literally, “forasmuch as I have seen your face as one sees the face of God.”

33:13
as you can see,
implied.

34:20
appeared before the city council,
literally, “came into the gate of their city.”

11:10
prepare people to receive me,
literally, “prepare your way before you.”

11:12
ardent multitudes have been crowding toward the Kingdom of Heaven,
literally, “the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence and men of violence take it by force.”

11:13
to the Messiah,
implied.

11:14
at the time the Kingdom begins,
implied.

11:18
He’s crazy,
literally, “He has a demon.”

11:19
the Messiah,
literally, “the Son of Man.”
brilliant men like you can justify your every inconsistency,
literally, “wisdom is justified by her children.”

11:21
Tyre and Sidon,
cities destroyed by God for their wickedness. Also
Sodom
in v. 23.

11:23
highly honored,
i.e., highly honored by Christ’s being there.

35:7
the God who met me here at Bethel,
literally, “the God of Bethel.”

35:8
Soon after this,
implied.

36:2-3
Basemath (his cousin,
implied; literally, Basemath “the daughter of Ishmael.”

36:15-16
grandchildren,
implied.