Genesis 17:8

17:8 I will give the whole land of Canaan – the land where you are now residing ¹  – to you and your descendants after you as a permanent ²  possession. I will be their God.”

Genesis 22:6

22:6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. Then he took the fire and the knife in his hand, ³  and the two of them walked on together.

Genesis 28:18

28:18 Early ⁴  in the morning Jacob ⁵  took the stone he had placed near his head ⁶  and set it up as a sacred stone. ⁷  Then he poured oil on top of it.

Genesis 41:42

41:42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph’s. He clothed him with fine linen ⁸  clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

Genesis 41:48

41:48 Joseph ⁹  collected all the excess food ¹⁰  in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. ¹¹  In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.

[17:8]  ¹ tn The verbal root is גּוּר (gur, “to sojourn, to reside temporarily,” i.e., as a resident alien). It is the land in which Abram resides, but does not yet possess as his very own.

[17:8]  ² tn Or “as an eternal.”

[22:6]  ³ sn He took the fire and the knife in his hand. These details anticipate the sacrifice that lies ahead.

[28:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he got up early…and he took.”

[28:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[28:18]  ⁷ tn See the note on this phrase in v. 11.

[28:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “standing stone.”

[41:42]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew word שֵׁשׁ (shesh) is an Egyptian loanword that describes the fine linen robes that Egyptian royalty wore. The clothing signified Joseph’s rank.

[41:48]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[41:48]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all the food.”

[41:48]  ¹¹ tn Heb “of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt and placed food in the cities.”