Genesis 29:6

29:6 “Is he well?” ¹  Jacob asked. They replied, “He is well. ²  Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”

Genesis 37:14

37:14 So Jacob ³  said to him, “Go now and check on ⁴  the welfare ⁵  of your brothers and of the flocks, and bring me word.” So Jacob ⁶  sent him from the valley of Hebron.

Genesis 37:1

Joseph’s Dreams

37:1 But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, ⁷  in the land of Canaan. ⁸ 

Genesis 17:22

17:22 When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him. ⁹ 

[29:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and he said to them, ‘Is there peace to him?’”

[29:6]  ² tn Heb “peace.”

[37:14]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “see.”

[37:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “peace.”

[37:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “the land of the sojournings of his father.”

[37:1]  ⁸ sn The next section begins with the heading This is the account of Jacob in Gen 37:2, so this verse actually forms part of the preceding section as a concluding contrast with Esau and his people. In contrast to all the settled and expanded population of Esau, Jacob was still moving about in the land without a permanent residence and without kings. Even if the Edomite king list was added later (as the reference to kings in Israel suggests), its placement here in contrast to Jacob and his descendants is important. Certainly the text deals with Esau before dealing with Jacob – that is the pattern. But the detail is so great in chap. 36 that the contrast cannot be missed.

[17:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “And when he finished speaking with him, God went up from Abraham.” The sequence of pronouns and proper names has been modified in the translation for stylistic reasons.