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OET (OET-LV) And_to_Sārāh he_said here I_give a_thousand silver to_brother_your there it to/for_you(fs) [is]_a_covering of_eyes to_all/each/any/every who with_you and_DOM everyone and_vindicated.
OET (OET-RV) Then he said to Sarah, “Listen, I’ve given 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. That’s for you to demonstrate that you did nothing wrong, so that you’re completely cleared.”
וּלְשָׂרָ֣ה אָמַ֗ר
and,to,Sarah he/it_had_said
Alternate translation: “Then King Abimelech said to Sarah,”
הִנֵּ֨ה
see/lo/see!
Alternate translation: “Look,” or “Listen to this:”
Note 1 topic: translate-bmoney
נָתַ֜תִּי אֶ֤לֶף כֶּ֨סֶף֙ לְאָחִ֔יךְ
I_give a_thousand silver to,brother,your
Coins did not exist at that time. Rather people paid each other with shekels of silver or gold shekels, which was a weight measurement. A thousand shekels of silver was about 25 pounds (11.5 kilos) of silver. Many translation teams like to keep the same numbers that are in the Hebrew text in their translation, and then in a footnote give the equivalent amount in their own currency. Other teams put the equivalent amount in the text and put the literal phrase in a footnote. Alternate translation: “I have given 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother.” or “I have given your brother 1,000 pieces of silver.”
הִנֵּ֤ה הוּא
see/lo/see! he/it
Alternate translation: “I am doing this” or “The reason I am doing that is”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
לָךְ֙ כְּס֣וּת עֵינַ֔יִם לְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֑ךְ
to/for=you(fs) cover eyes to=all/each/any/every which/who with,you
The phrase a covering of the eyes is an idiom which means that King Abimelech’s payment to Abraham “covered” (that is, “protected”) Sarah’s good reputation and showed that she was innocent. Alternate translation: “to show everyone that you are innocent of any wrongdoing,” or “to show to everyone that you are an honorable woman,”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְאֵ֥ת כֹּ֖ל וְנֹכָֽחַת
and=DOM all and,vindicated
Alternate translation: “and to make it clear that you are not at fault for anything that happened.”
20:1-18 This second “sister story” in Genesis (cp. 12:10-20) occurred shortly before Sarah became pregnant with Isaac (ch 21). On both occasions, God protected Abraham and Sarah’s marriage in purity for the sake of the covenant promises. Participation in God’s plan requires separation from worldly corruption.
• This story took place in the Promised Land; it showed Israel how God intervened in people’s lives to fulfill his plan, how God continued to protect them against threats from other tribes, and how God used his chosen people to mediate his relationship with the nations.
• God’s preventing the destruction of Abraham’s marriage by adultery reminded the Israelites to keep their marriages morally and racially pure (Ezra 9:1-4; Neh 13:23-27; Mal 2:10-17); they should not allow any opportunity for temptation (Exod 20:14, 17; Lev 20:10; 21:13-15). Adultery would eventually destroy the covenant and the covenant people.
OET (OET-LV) And_to_Sārāh he_said here I_give a_thousand silver to_brother_your there it to/for_you(fs) [is]_a_covering of_eyes to_all/each/any/every who with_you and_DOM everyone and_vindicated.
OET (OET-RV) Then he said to Sarah, “Listen, I’ve given 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. That’s for you to demonstrate that you did nothing wrong, so that you’re completely cleared.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.