Genesis 21:4

21:4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, ¹  Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do. ² 

Genesis 22:8

22:8 “God will provide ³  for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied. The two of them continued on together.

Genesis 24:24

24:24 She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom Milcah bore to Nahor. ⁴ 

Genesis 25:11

25:11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed ⁵  his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi. ⁶ 

Genesis 27:17

27:17 Then she handed ⁷  the tasty food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.

Genesis 27:43

27:43 Now then, my son, do what I say. ⁸  Run away immediately ⁹  to my brother Laban in Haran.

Genesis 34:13

34:13 Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem ¹⁰  had violated their sister Dinah.

Genesis 34:20

34:20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate ¹¹  of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

Genesis 34:26

34:26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and left.

Genesis 36:20

36:20 These were the sons of Seir the Horite, ¹²  who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

Genesis 42:11

42:11 We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.”

Genesis 46:21

46:21 The sons of Benjamin: ¹³ 

Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

Genesis 48:2

48:2 When Jacob was told, ¹⁴  “Your son Joseph has just ¹⁵  come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.

¹ tn Heb “Isaac his son, the son of eight days.” The name “Isaac” is repeated in the translation for clarity.

² sn Just as God had commanded him to do. With the birth of the promised child, Abraham obeyed the Lord by both naming (Gen 17:19) and circumcising Isaac (17:12).

³ tn Heb “will see for himself.” The construction means “to look out for; to see to it; to provide.”

⁵ tn Heb “whom she bore to Nahor.” The referent (Milcah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ sn God blessed Isaac. The Hebrew verb “bless” in this passage must include all the gifts that God granted to Isaac. But fertility was not one of them, at least not for twenty years, because Rebekah was barren as well (see v. 21).

⁸ sn Beer Lahai Roi. See the note on this place name in Gen 24:62.

⁹ tn Heb “gave…into the hand of.”

¹¹ tn Heb “listen to my voice.”

¹² tn Heb “arise, flee.”

¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Shechem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ sn The gate. In an ancient Near Eastern city the gate complex was the location for conducting important public business.

¹⁷ sn The same pattern of sons, grandsons, and chiefs is now listed for Seir the Horite. “Seir” is both the name of the place and the name of the ancestor of these tribes. The name “Horite” is probably not to be identified with “Hurrian.” The clan of Esau settled in this area, intermarried with these Horites and eventually dispossessed them, so that they all became known as Edomites (Deut 2:12 telescopes the whole development).

¹⁹ sn The sons of Benjamin. It is questionable whether youthful Benjamin had ten sons by the time he went into Egypt, but it is not impossible. If Benjamin was born when Joseph was six or seven, he was ten when Joseph was sold into Egypt, and would have been thirty-two at this point. Some suggest that the list originally served another purpose and included the names of all who were in the immediate family of the sons, whether born in Canaan or later in Egypt.

²¹ tn Heb “and one told and said.” The verbs have no expressed subject and can be translated with the passive voice.

²² tn Heb “Look, your son Joseph.”