Discovery BoxGenesis 10:21
Context10:21 And sons were also born 1 to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), 2 the father of all the sons of Eber.
Genesis 10:31
Context10:31 These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.
Genesis 14:12
Context14:12 They also took Abram’s nephew 3 Lot and his possessions when 4 they left, for Lot 5 was living in Sodom. 6
Genesis 29:5
Context29:5 So he said to them, “Do you know Laban, the grandson 7 of Nahor?” “We know him,” 8 they said.
Genesis 36:21
Context36:21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants 9 of Seir in the land of Edom.
Genesis 46:18
Context46:18 These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.
[10:21] 1 tn Heb “And to Shem was born.”
[10:21] 2 tn Or “whose older brother was Japheth.” Some translations render Japheth as the older brother, understanding the adjective הַגָּדוֹל (haggadol, “older”) as modifying Japheth. However, in Hebrew when a masculine singular definite attributive adjective follows the sequence masculine singular construct noun + proper name, the adjective invariably modifies the noun in construct, not the proper name. Such is the case here. See Deut 11:7; Judg 1:13; 2:7; 3:9; 9:5; 2 Kgs 15:35; 2 Chr 27:3; Neh 3:30; Jer 13:9; 36:10; Ezek 10:19; 11:1.
[14:12] 3 tn Heb “Lot the son of his brother.”
[14:12] 5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Lot) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[14:12] 6 tn This disjunctive clause is circumstantial/causal, explaining that Lot was captured because he was living in Sodom at the time.
[29:5] 6 tn Heb “and they said, ‘We know.’” The word “him” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the translation several introductory clauses throughout this section have been placed after the direct discourse they introduce for stylistic reasons as well.
