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OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said Sarai to Abram here please prevented_me Yahweh from_bearing_children go please into servant_my perhaps I_will_be_built_up from_her/it[fn] and_he/it_listened Abram to_sound/voice of_Sarai.
16:2 Note: We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHS.
OET (OET-RV) so Sarai said to Abram, “Listen, Yahweh has prevented me from having children so please sleep with my slave. Perhaps I can have a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai had suggested.
וַתֹּ֨אמֶר שָׂרַ֜י אֶל אַבְרָ֗ם
and=she/it_said Sarai to/towards Avram
Alternate translation: “Then she told Abram,”
הִנֵּה נָ֞א
see/lo/see! now
See how you translated this phrase in Gen 12:11. Alternate translation: “Listen now:” or “Please listen to me”
עֲצָרַ֤נִי יְהוָה֙ מִלֶּ֔דֶת
prevented,me YHWH from,bearing_children
Alternate translation: “Since Yahweh has not permitted me to bear any children,” or “As you know, Yahweh has not permitted me to bear any children, so”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
בֹּא נָא֙ אֶל
go_in now to/towards
Consider whether it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here or to continue the previous sentence. Also, see how you translated the idiom “went to” in Gen 6:4. Alternate translation: “please sleep with” or “please have sexual relations with”
שִׁפְחָתִ֔י
servant,my
See how you translated maidservant in verse 1. Alternate translation: “my slave woman Hagar.”
אוּלַ֥י
perhaps
Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “Maybe” or “so that perhaps”
אִבָּנֶ֖ה מִמֶּ֑נָּה
obtain_children from=her/it
Alternate translation: “I can build a family through her children.” or “she can have children for me so that I can build a family.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע אַבְרָ֖ם לְק֥וֹל שָׂרָֽי
and=he/it_listened Avram to=sound/voice Sarai
Alternate translation: “Abram agreed to do what she requested” or “So Abram listened to Sarai.”
16:1-16 While waiting for their promised son to be born, Abram and Sarai attempted an alternate plan that was not in keeping with faith.
OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said Sarai to Abram here please prevented_me Yahweh from_bearing_children go please into servant_my perhaps I_will_be_built_up from_her/it[fn] and_he/it_listened Abram to_sound/voice of_Sarai.
16:2 Note: We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHS.
OET (OET-RV) so Sarai said to Abram, “Listen, Yahweh has prevented me from having children so please sleep with my slave. Perhaps I can have a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai had suggested.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.