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
47:11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory 4 in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, 5 just as Pharaoh had commanded.
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 “a possession,” or “a holding.” Joseph gave them a plot of land with rights of ownership in the land of Goshen.
5 sn The land of Rameses is another designation for the region of Goshen. It is named Rameses because of a city in that region (Exod 1:11; 12:37). The use of this name may represent a modernization of the text for the understanding of the intended readers, substituting a later name for an earlier one. Alternatively, there may have been an earlier Rameses for which the region was named.
7 tn Or “you fathered.”
8 tn Heb “called” or “named.”
9 sn Listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance. This means that any subsequent children of Joseph will be incorporated into the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.