Genesis 11:28

11:28 Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, ¹  while his father Terah was still alive. ² 

Genesis 24:4

24:4 You must go instead to my country and to my relatives ³  to find ⁴  a wife for my son Isaac.”

Genesis 31:3

31:3 The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers ⁵  and to your relatives. I will be with you.” ⁶ 

Genesis 48:6

48:6 Any children that you father ⁷  after them will be yours; they will be listed ⁸  under the names of their brothers in their inheritance. ⁹ 

[11:28]  ¹ sn The phrase of the Chaldeans is a later editorial clarification for the readers, designating the location of Ur. From all evidence there would have been no Chaldeans in existence at this early date; they are known in the time of the neo-Babylonian empire in the first millennium b.c.

[11:28]  ² tn Heb “upon the face of Terah his father.”

[24:4]  ³ tn Heb “for to my country and my relatives you must go.”

[24:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “and take.”

[31:3]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “ancestors” (so NRSV), although the only “ancestors” Jacob had there were his grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac.

[31:3]  ⁶ sn I will be with you. Though Laban was no longer “with him,” the Lord promised to be.

[48:6]  ⁷ tn Or “you fathered.”

[48:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “called” or “named.”

[48:6]  ⁹ sn Listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance. This means that any subsequent children of Joseph will be incorporated into the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.