Genesis 17:19

17:19 God said, “No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. ¹  I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual ²  covenant for his descendants after him.

Genesis 27:41

27:41 So Esau hated ³  Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. ⁴  Esau said privately, ⁵  “The time ⁶  of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill ⁷  my brother Jacob!”

Genesis 42:21

42:21 They said to one other, ⁸  “Surely we’re being punished ⁹  because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was ¹⁰  when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress ¹¹  has come on us!”

[17:19]  ¹ tn Heb “will call his name Isaac.” The name means “he laughs,” or perhaps “may he laugh” (see the note on the word “laughed” in v. 17).

[17:19]  ² tn Or “as an eternal.”

[27:41]  ³ tn Or “bore a grudge against” (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV). The Hebrew verb שָׂטַם (satam) describes persistent hatred.

[27:41]  ⁴ tn Heb “because of the blessing which his father blessed him.”

[27:41]  ⁵ tn Heb “said in his heart.” The expression may mean “said to himself.” Even if this is the case, v. 42 makes it clear that he must have shared his intentions with someone, because the news reached Rebekah.

[27:41]  ⁶ tn Heb “days.”

[27:41]  ⁷ tn The cohortative here expresses Esau’s determined resolve to kill Jacob.

[42:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “a man to his neighbor.”

[42:21]  ⁶ tn Or “we are guilty”; the Hebrew word can also refer to the effect of being guilty, i.e., “we are being punished for guilt.”

[42:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “the distress of his soul.”

[42:21]  ⁸ sn The repetition of the Hebrew noun translated distress draws attention to the fact that they regard their present distress as appropriate punishment for their refusal to ignore their brother when he was in distress.