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 26:30

26:30 So Isaac ³  held a feast for them and they celebrated. ⁴ 

Genesis 31:54

31:54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice ⁵  on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. ⁶  They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

Genesis 31:1

Jacob’s Flight from Laban

31:1 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining, ⁷  “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich ⁸  at our father’s expense!” ⁹ 

Genesis 25:11

25:11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed ¹⁰  his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi. ¹¹ 

[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.

[26:30]  ³ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they ate and drank.”

[31:54]  ⁵ tn The construction is a cognate accusative with the verb, expressing a specific sacrifice.

[31:54]  ⁶ tn Heb “bread, food.” Presumably this was a type of peace offering, where the person bringing the offering ate the animal being sacrificed.

[31:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying.”

[31:1]  ⁸ sn The Hebrew word translated “gotten rich” (כָּבוֹד, cavod) has the basic idea of “weight.” If one is heavy with possessions, then that one is wealthy (13:2). Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph all became wealthy when they left the promised land. Jacob’s wealth foreshadows what will happen to Israel when they leave the land of Egypt (Exod 12:35-38).

[31:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “and from that which belonged to our father he has gained all this wealth.”

[25:11]  ¹⁰ sn God blessed Isaac. The Hebrew verb “bless” in this passage must include all the gifts that God granted to Isaac. But fertility was not one of them, at least not for twenty years, because Rebekah was barren as well (see v. 21).

[25:11]  ¹¹ sn Beer Lahai Roi. See the note on this place name in Gen 24:62.