OET interlinear MAT 19:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε

not ˱you_all˲_read

Here Jesus refers to reading something in the Scriptures. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “Have you not read in the Scriptures”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ ποιήσας ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς

which he /having/_made_‹them› from beginning

Here, the phrase the one having made refers to God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “the one having made them from the beginning, God,”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς

from beginning

Here, the phrase from the beginning refers to when God created everything that exists. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “at the beginning of the world” or “at the beginning of creation”

Note 4 topic: writing-quotations

ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς, ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ, ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς

from beginning male and female made them

Here Jesus quotes from the Old Testament scriptures, specifically from Genesis 1:27. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could format these words in a different way and include this information in a footnote. Alternate translation: “from the beginning, in the words of the Scriptures, ‘made them male and female’”