27:30 Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left 1 his father’s 2 presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt. 3
36:24 These were the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah (who discovered the hot springs 7 in the wilderness as he pastured the donkeys of his father Zibeon).
46:5 Then Jacob started out 13 from Beer Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent along to transport him.
49:28 These 14 are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing. 15
50:7 So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh’s officials went with him – the senior courtiers 16 of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,
1 tn The use of the infinitive absolute before the finite form of the verb makes the construction emphatic.
2 tn Heb “the presence of Isaac his father.” The repetition of the proper name (“Isaac”) was
3 tn Heb “and Esau his brother came from his hunt.”
4 tn Heb “Arise! Go!” The first of the two imperatives is adverbial and stresses the immediacy of the departure.
7 tn The words “he bought it” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text v. 19 is one long sentence.
8 tn The Hebrew word קְשִׂיטָה (qÿsitah) is generally understood to refer to a unit of money, but the value is unknown. (However, cf. REB, which renders the term as “sheep”).
10 tn The meaning of this Hebrew term is uncertain; Syriac reads “water” and Vulgate reads “hot water.”
13 tn Or perhaps “territories”; Heb “dwelling places.”
16 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 tn Heb “of his brothers.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun “them.”
18 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
19 tn Heb “speak to him for peace.”
19 tn Heb “arose.”
22 tn Heb “All these.”
23 tn Heb “and he blessed them, each of whom according to his blessing, he blessed them.”
25 tn Or “dignitaries”; Heb “elders.”