Genesis 9:26-27

9:26 He also said,

“Worthy of praise is ¹  the Lord, the God of Shem!

May Canaan be the slave of Shem! ² 

9:27 May God enlarge Japheth’s territory and numbers! ³ 

May he live ⁴  in the tents of Shem

and may Canaan be his slave!”

Joshua 13:8

Tribal Lands East of the Jordan

13:8 The other half of Manasseh, ⁵  Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan, ⁶  just as Moses, the Lord’s servant, had assigned them.

Joshua 13:10

13:10 and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border.

Joshua 13:24-28

13:24 Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad ⁷  by its clans. 13:25 Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammonite territory ⁸  as far as Aroer near ⁹  Rabbah. 13:26 Their territory ran ¹⁰  from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir. 13:27 It included the valley of Beth Haram, ¹¹  Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the realm of King Sihon of Heshbon, the area east of the Jordan to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth. ¹²  13:28 The land allotted to the tribe of Gad by its clans included these cities and their towns. ¹³ 

Joshua 13:1

The Lord Speaks to Joshua

13:1 When Joshua was very old, ¹⁴  the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

Joshua 4:10

4:10 Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,

Joshua 12:8

12:8 including the hill country, the lowlands, ¹⁵  the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev – the land of ¹⁶  the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites:

Joshua 12:1

12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land ¹⁷  on the east side of the Jordan, ¹⁸  from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:

Joshua 12:1

12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land ¹⁹  on the east side of the Jordan, ²⁰  from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:

Psalms 18:19

18:19 He brought me out into a wide open place;

he delivered me because he was pleased with me. ²¹ 

Psalms 18:36

18:36 You widen my path; ²² 

my feet ²³  do not slip.

[9:26]  ¹ tn Heb “blessed be.”

[9:26]  ² tn Heb “a slave to him”; the referent (Shem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:27]  ³ tn Heb “may God enlarge Japheth.” The words “territory and numbers” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:27]  ⁴ tn In this context the prefixed verbal form is a jussive (note the distinct jussive forms both before and after this in vv. 26 and 27).

[13:8]  ⁵ tn The MT reads “with him,” which is problematic, since the reference would be to the other half of the tribe of Manasseh (not the half mentioned in v. 7).

[13:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “received their inheritance, which Moses had assigned to them beyond the Jordan.”

[13:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “assigned to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad.”

[13:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “and half of the land of the sons of Ammon.”

[13:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “in front of.”

[13:26]  ¹⁰ tn The words “Their territory ran” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.

[13:27]  ¹¹ tn Or “it included in the valley, Beth Haram.”

[13:27]  ¹² sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.

[13:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Gad by their clans, the cities and their towns.”

[13:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following clause.

[12:8]  ¹⁵ tn Or “the foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[12:8]  ¹⁶ tn The words “the land of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and took possession of their land.”

[12:1]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”

[12:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and took possession of their land.”

[12:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”

[18:19]  ²¹ tn Or “delighted in me.”

[18:36]  ²² tn Heb “you make wide my step under me.” “Step” probably refers metonymically to the path upon which the psalmist walks. Another option is to translate, “you widen my stride.” This would suggest that God gives the psalmist the capacity to run quickly.

[18:36]  ²³ tn Heb “lower legs.” On the meaning of the Hebrew noun, which occurs only here, see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena (SBLDS), 112. A cognate Akkadian noun means “lower leg.”