Genesis 21:8

21:8 The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared ¹  a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. ² 

Genesis 21:20

21:20 God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

Genesis 19:25

19:25 So he overthrew those cities and all that region, ³  including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew ⁴  from the ground.

Genesis 25:27

25:27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled ⁵  hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents. ⁶ 

Genesis 47:27

47:27 Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.

Genesis 30:43

30:43 In this way Jacob ⁷  became extremely prosperous. He owned ⁸  large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.

Genesis 26:13

26:13 The man became wealthy. ⁹  His influence continued to grow ¹⁰  until he became very prominent.

Genesis 38:6

38:6 Judah acquired ¹¹  a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

Genesis 4:2

4:2 Then she gave birth ¹²  to his brother Abel. ¹³  Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground. ¹⁴ 

Genesis 10:8

10:8 Cush was the father of ¹⁵  Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.

Genesis 26:33

26:33 So he named it Shibah; ¹⁶  that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba ¹⁷  to this day.

Genesis 4:26

4:26 And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people ¹⁸  began to worship ¹⁹  the Lord.

Genesis 41:56

41:56 While the famine was over all the earth, ²⁰  Joseph opened the storehouses ²¹  and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.

Genesis 43:30

43:30 Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome by affection for his brother ²²  and was at the point of tears. ²³  So he went to his room and wept there.

Genesis 2:5

2:5 Now ²⁴  no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field ²⁵  had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. ²⁶ 

[21:8]  ¹ tn Heb “made.”

[21:8]  ² sn Children were weaned closer to the age of two or three in the ancient world, because infant mortality was high. If an infant grew to this stage, it was fairly certain he or she would live. Such an event called for a celebration, especially for parents who had waited so long for a child.

[19:25]  ³ tn Or “and all the plain”; Heb “and all the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.

[19:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the vegetation of the ground.”

[25:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “knowing.”

[25:27]  ⁶ tn The disjunctive clause juxtaposes Jacob with Esau and draws attention to the striking contrasts. In contrast to Esau, a man of the field, Jacob was civilized, as the phrase “living in tents” signifies. Whereas Esau was a skillful hunter, Jacob was calm and even-tempered (תָּם, tam), which normally has the idea of “blameless.”

[30:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “the man”; Jacob’s name has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[30:43]  ⁸ tn Heb “and there were to him.”

[26:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “great.” In this context the statement refers primarily to Isaac’s material wealth, although reputation and influence are included.

[26:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he went, going and becoming great.” The construction stresses that his growth in possessions and power continued steadily.

[38:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and Judah took.”

[4:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “And she again gave birth.”

[4:2]  ¹⁴ sn The name Abel is not defined here in the text, but the tone is ominous. Abel’s name, the Hebrew word הֶבֶל (hevel), means “breath, vapor, vanity,” foreshadowing Abel’s untimely and premature death.

[4:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and Abel was a shepherd of the flock, and Cain was a worker of the ground.” The designations of the two occupations are expressed with active participles, רֹעֵה (ro’eh, “shepherd”) and עֹבֵד (’oved, “worker”). Abel is occupied with sheep, whereas Cain is living under the curse, cultivating the ground.

[10:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “fathered.” Embedded within Cush’s genealogy is an account of Nimrod, a mighty warrior. There have been many attempts to identify him, but none are convincing.

[26:33]  ¹⁷ sn The name Shibah (שִׁבְעָה, shiv’ah) means (or at least sounds like) the word meaning “oath.” The name was a reminder of the oath sworn by Isaac and the Philistines to solidify their treaty.

[26:33]  ¹⁸ sn The name Beer Sheba (בְּאֵר שָׁבַע, bÿ’er shava’) means “well of an oath” or “well of seven.” According to Gen 21:31 Abraham gave Beer Sheba its name when he made a treaty with the Philistines. Because of the parallels between this earlier story and the account in 26:26-33, some scholars see chaps. 21 and 26 as two versions (or doublets) of one original story. However, if one takes the text as it stands, it appears that Isaac made a later treaty agreement with the people of the land that was similar to his father’s. Abraham dug a well at the site and named the place Beer Sheba; Isaac dug another well there and named the well Shibah. Later generations then associated the name Beer Sheba with Isaac, even though Abraham gave the place its name at an earlier time.

[4:26]  ¹⁹ tn The word “people” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation. The construction uses a passive verb without an expressed subject. “To call was begun” can be interpreted to mean that people began to call.

[4:26]  ²⁰ tn Heb “call in the name.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 12:8; 13:4; 21:33; 26:25). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116.

[41:56]  ²¹ tn Or “over the entire land”; Heb “over all the face of the earth.” The disjunctive clause is circumstantial-temporal to the next clause.

[41:56]  ²² tc The MT reads “he opened all that was in [or “among”] them.” The translation follows the reading of the LXX and Syriac versions.

[43:30]  ²³ tn Heb “for his affection boiled up concerning his brother.” The same expression is used in 1 Kgs 3:26 for the mother’s feelings for her endangered child.

[43:30]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and he sought to weep.”

[2:5]  ²⁵ tn Heb “Now every sprig of the field before it was.” The verb forms, although appearing to be imperfects, are technically preterites coming after the adverb טֶּרֶם (terem). The word order (conjunction + subject + predicate) indicates a disjunctive clause, which provides background information for the following narrative (as in 1:2). Two negative clauses are given (“before any sprig…”, and “before any cultivated grain” existed), followed by two causal clauses explaining them, and then a positive circumstantial clause is given – again dealing with water as in 1:2 (water would well up).

[2:5]  ²⁶ tn The first term, שִׂיחַ (siakh), probably refers to the wild, uncultivated plants (see Gen 21:15; Job 30:4,7); whereas the second, עֵשֶׂב (’esev), refers to cultivated grains. It is a way of saying: “back before anything was growing.”

[2:5]  ²⁷ tn The two causal clauses explain the first two disjunctive clauses: There was no uncultivated, general growth because there was no rain, and there were no grains because there was no man to cultivate the soil.