Genesis 24:60

24:60 They blessed Rebekah with these words: ¹ 

“Our sister, may you become the mother ²  of thousands of ten thousands!

May your descendants possess the strongholds ³  of their enemies.”

Genesis 27:5

27:5 Now Rebekah had been listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. ⁴  When Esau went out to the open fields to hunt down some wild game and bring it back, ⁵ 

Genesis 32:4

32:4 He commanded them, “This is what you must say to my lord Esau: ‘This is what your servant ⁶  Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.

Genesis 34:24

34:24 All the men who assembled at the city gate ⁷  agreed with ⁸  Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate ⁹  was circumcised.

Genesis 49:28

49:28 These ¹⁰  are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing. ¹¹ 

Genesis 49:33

49:33 When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went ¹²  to his people.

Genesis 50:21

50:21 So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly ¹³  to them.

[24:60]  ¹ tn Heb “and said to her.”

[24:60]  ² tn Heb “become thousands of ten thousands.”

[24:60]  ³ tn Heb “gate,” which here stands for a walled city. In an ancient Near Eastern city the gate complex was the main area of defense (hence the translation “stronghold”). A similar phrase occurs in Gen 22:17.

[27:5]  ⁴ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced by a conjunction with the subject, followed by the predicate) here introduces a new scene in the story.

[27:5]  ⁵ tc The LXX adds here “to his father,” which may have been accidentally omitted in the MT.

[32:4]  ⁷ sn Your servant. The narrative recounts Jacob’s groveling in fear before Esau as he calls his brother his “lord,” as if to minimize what had been done twenty years ago.

[34:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all those going out the gate of his city.”

[34:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “listened to.”

[34:24]  ¹² tn Heb “all those going out the gate of his city.”

[49:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “All these.”

[49:28]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and he blessed them, each of whom according to his blessing, he blessed them.”

[49:33]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “was gathered.”

[50:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “spoke to their heart.”