Genesis 8:5

8:5 The waters kept on receding ¹  until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible. ² 

Genesis 34:5

34:5 When ³  Jacob heard that Shechem ⁴  had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent ⁵  until they came in.

Genesis 36:13-14

36:13 These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons ⁶  of Esau’s wife Basemath.

36:14 These were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter ⁷  of Zibeon: She bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah to Esau.

Genesis 42:36

42:36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. ⁸  Simeon is gone. ⁹  And now you want to take ¹⁰  Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

Genesis 46:32

46:32 The men are shepherds; ¹¹  they take care of livestock. ¹²  They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

¹ tn Heb “the waters were going and lessening.” The perfect verb form הָיָה (hayah) is used as an auxiliary verb with the infinitive absolute חָסוֹר (khasor, “lessening”), while the infinitive absolute הָלוֹךְ (halokh) indicates continuous action.

² tn Or “could be seen.”

³ tn The two disjunctive clauses in this verse (“Now Jacob heard…and his sons were”) are juxtaposed to indicate synchronic action.

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Shechem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ sn The expected response would be anger or rage; but Jacob remained silent. He appears too indifferent or confused to act decisively. When the leader does not act decisively, the younger zealots will, and often with disastrous results.

⁵ tn Or “grandsons” (NIV); “descendants” (NEB).

⁷ tn Heb “daughter,” but see Gen 36:24-25.

⁹ tn Heb “is not.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “is not.”

¹¹ tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is desiderative here.

¹¹ tn Heb “feeders of sheep.”

¹² tn Heb “for men of livestock they are.”