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 23:9

23:9 if he will sell ³  me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly ⁴  for the full price, ⁵  so that I may own it as a burial site.”

Genesis 36:43

36:43 chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements ⁶  in the land they possessed. This was Esau, the father of the Edomites.

Genesis 47:11

47:11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory ⁷  in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, ⁸  just as Pharaoh had commanded.

Genesis 48:4

48:4 He said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful ⁹  and will multiply you. ¹⁰  I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants ¹¹  as an everlasting possession.’ ¹² 

[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.”

[23:9]  ³ tn Heb “give.” This is used here (also a second time later in this verse) as an idiom for “sell”; see the note on the word “grant” in v. 4.

[23:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “in your presence.”

[23:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “silver.”

[36:43]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “territories”; Heb “dwelling places.”

[47:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “a possession,” or “a holding.” Joseph gave them a plot of land with rights of ownership in the land of Goshen.

[47:11]  ⁸ sn The land of Rameses is another designation for the region of Goshen. It is named Rameses because of a city in that region (Exod 1:11; 12:37). The use of this name may represent a modernization of the text for the understanding of the intended readers, substituting a later name for an earlier one. Alternatively, there may have been an earlier Rameses for which the region was named.

[48:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “Look, I am making you fruitful.” The participle following הִנֵּה (hinneh) has the nuance of a certain and often imminent future.

[48:4]  ¹⁰ tn The perfect verbal form with vav consecutive carries on the certain future idea.

[48:4]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew text adds “after you,” which has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[48:4]  ¹² tn The Hebrew word אֲחֻזָּה (’akhuzzah), translated “possession,” describes a permanent holding in the land. It is the noun form of the same verb (אָחַז, ’akhaz) that was used for the land given to them in Goshen (Gen 47:27).