Genesis 1:5

1:5 God called ¹  the light “day” and the darkness ²  “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day. ³ 

Genesis 1:8

1:8 God called the expanse “sky.” ⁴  There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

Genesis 7:8

7:8 Pairs ⁵  of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,

Genesis 7:16-18

7:16 Those that entered were male and female, ⁶  just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.

7:17 The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth. 7:18 The waters completely overwhelmed ⁷  the earth, and the ark floated ⁸  on the surface of the waters.

Genesis 8:3

8:3 The waters kept receding steadily ⁹  from the earth, so that they ¹⁰  had gone down ¹¹  by the end of the 150 days.

Genesis 10:10

10:10 The primary regions ¹²  of his kingdom were Babel, ¹³  Erech, ¹⁴  Akkad, ¹⁵  and Calneh ¹⁶  in the land of Shinar. ¹⁷ 

Genesis 10:20

10:20 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.

Genesis 10:31

10:31 These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

Genesis 32:21

32:21 So the gifts were sent on ahead of him ¹⁸  while he spent that night in the camp. ¹⁹ 

Genesis 33:4

33:4 But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.

Genesis 38:5

38:5 Then she had ²⁰  yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib. ²¹ 

Genesis 39:11

39:11 One day ²²  he went into the house to do his work when none of the household servants ²³  were there in the house.

Genesis 41:22

41:22 I also saw in my dream ²⁴  seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.

Genesis 42:30

42:30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us ²⁵  as if we were ²⁶  spying on the land.

Genesis 45:24

45:24 Then he sent his brothers on their way and they left. He said to them, “As you travel don’t be overcome with fear.” ²⁷ 

Genesis 46:10

46:10 The sons of Simeon:

Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar,

and Shaul (the son of a Canaanite woman).

[1:5]  ¹ tn Heb “he called to,” meaning “he named.”

[1:5]  ² tn Heb “and the darkness he called night.” The words “he called” have not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:5]  ³ tn Another option is to translate, “Evening came, and then morning came.” This formula closes the six days of creation. It seems to follow the Jewish order of reckoning time: from evening to morning. Day one started with the dark, continued through the creation of light, and ended with nightfall. Another alternative would be to translate, “There was night and then there was day, one day.”

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Though the Hebrew word can mean “heaven,” it refers in this context to “the sky.”

[7:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “two two” meaning “in twos.”

[7:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Those that went in, male and female from all flesh they went in.”

[7:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “and the waters were great and multiplied exceedingly.” The first verb in the sequence is וַיִּגְבְּרוּ (vayyigbÿru, from גָּבַר, gavar), meaning “to become great, mighty.” The waters did not merely rise; they “prevailed” over the earth, overwhelming it.

[7:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “went.”

[8:3]  ¹⁶ tn The construction combines a Qal preterite from שׁוּב (shuv) with its infinitive absolute to indicate continuous action. The infinitive absolute from הָלָךְ (halakh) is included for emphasis: “the waters returned…going and returning.”

[8:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the waters.” The pronoun (“they”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:3]  ¹⁸ tn The vav (ו) consecutive with the preterite here describes the consequence of the preceding action.

[10:10]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “beginning.” E. A. Speiser, Genesis (AB), 67, suggests “mainstays,” citing Jer 49:35 as another text where the Hebrew noun is so used.

[10:10]  ²⁰ tn Or “Babylon.”

[10:10]  ²¹ sn Erech (ancient Uruk, modern Warka), one of the most ancient civilizations, was located southeast of Babylon.

[10:10]  ²² sn Akkad, or ancient Agade, was associated with Sargon and located north of Babylon.

[10:10]  ²³ tn No such place is known in Shinar (i.e., Babylonia). Therefore some have translated the Hebrew term כַלְנֵה (khalneh) as “all of them,” referring to the three previous names (cf. NRSV).

[10:10]  ²⁴ sn Shinar is another name for Babylonia.

[32:21]  ²² tn Heb “and the gift passed over upon his face.”

[32:21]  ²³ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial/temporal.

[38:5]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and she added again and she gave birth.” The first verb and the adverb emphasize that she gave birth once more.

[38:5]  ²⁶ tn Or “and he [i.e., Judah] was in Kezib when she gave birth to him.”

[39:11]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and it was about this day.”

[39:11]  ²⁹ tn Heb “the men of the house.”

[41:22]  ³¹ tn Heb “and I saw in my dream and look.”

[42:30]  ³⁴ tn Heb “made us.”

[42:30]  ³⁵ tn The words “if we were” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[45:24]  ³⁷ tn Heb “do not be stirred up in the way.” The verb means “stir up.” Some understand the Hebrew verb רָגָז (ragaz, “to stir up”) as a reference to quarreling (see Prov 29:9, where it has this connotation), but in Exod 15:14 and other passages it means “to fear.” This might refer to a fear of robbers, but more likely it is an assuring word that they need not be fearful about returning to Egypt. They might have thought that once Jacob was in Egypt, Joseph would take his revenge on them.