Genesis 25:18

25:18 His descendants ¹  settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next ²  to Egypt all the way ³  to Asshur. ⁴  They settled ⁵  away from all their relatives. ⁶ 

Genesis 27:13

27:13 So his mother told him, “Any curse against you will fall on me, ⁷  my son! Just obey me! ⁸  Go and get them for me!”

Genesis 32:5

32:5 I have oxen, donkeys, sheep, and male and female servants. I have sent ⁹  this message ¹⁰  to inform my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

Genesis 34:14

34:14 They said to them, “We cannot give ¹¹  our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace ¹²  to us.

Genesis 41:10

41:10 Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards – me and the chief baker.

[25:18]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Ishmael’s descendants) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:18]  ² tn Heb “which is by the face of,” or near the border. The territory ran along the border of Egypt.

[25:18]  ³ tn Heb “as you go.”

[25:18]  ⁴ sn The name Asshur refers here to a tribal area in the Sinai.

[25:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “he fell.”

[25:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “upon the face of all his brothers.” This last expression, obviously alluding to the earlier oracle about Ishmael (Gen 16:12), could mean that the descendants of Ishmael lived in hostility to others or that they lived in a territory that was opposite the lands of their relatives. While there is some ambiguity about the meaning, the line probably does give a hint of the Ishmaelite-Israelite conflicts to come.

[27:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “upon me your curse.”

[27:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “only listen to my voice.”

[32:5]  ¹³ tn Or “I am sending.” The form is a preterite with the vav consecutive; it could be rendered as an English present tense – as the Hebrew perfect/preterite allows – much like an epistolary aorist in Greek. The form assumes the temporal perspective of the one who reads the message.

[32:5]  ¹⁴ tn The words “this message” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[34:14]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “we are not able to do this thing, to give.” The second infinitive is in apposition to the first, explaining what they are not able to do.

[34:14]  ²⁰ tn The Hebrew word translated “disgrace” usually means “ridicule; taunt; reproach.” It can also refer to the reason the condition of shame or disgrace causes ridicule or a reproach.