Genesis 25:31

25:31 But Jacob replied, “First ¹  sell me your birthright.”

Genesis 29:1

The Marriages of Jacob

29:1 So Jacob moved on ²  and came to the land of the eastern people. ³ 

Genesis 29:11

29:11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly. ⁴ 

Genesis 30:12

30:12 Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son. ⁵ 

Genesis 30:19

30:19 Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time. ⁶ 

Genesis 31:4

31:4 So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah ⁷  to come to the field ⁸  where his flocks were. ⁹ 

Genesis 31:11

31:11 In the dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ ‘Here I am!’ I replied.

Genesis 31:22

31:22 Three days later Laban discovered Jacob had left. ¹⁰ 

Genesis 32:1

Jacob Wrestles at Peniel

32:1 So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God ¹¹  met him.

Genesis 32:27

32:27 The man asked him, ¹²  “What is your name?” ¹³  He answered, “Jacob.”

Genesis 34:6

34:6 Then Shechem’s father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah. ¹⁴ 

Genesis 37:1

Joseph’s Dreams

37:1 But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, ¹⁵  in the land of Canaan. ¹⁶ 

Genesis 45:25

45:25 So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. ¹⁷ 

Genesis 47:8

47:8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How long have you lived?” ¹⁸ 

Genesis 47:10

47:10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence. ¹⁹ 

Genesis 49:2

49:2 “Assemble and listen, you sons of Jacob;

listen to Israel, your father.

[25:31]  ¹ tn Heb “today.”

[29:1]  ² tn Heb “and Jacob lifted up his feet.” This unusual expression suggests that Jacob had a new lease on life now that God had promised him the blessing he had so desperately tried to gain by his own efforts. The text portrays him as having a new step in his walk.

[29:1]  ³ tn Heb “the land of the sons of the east.”

[29:11]  ³ tn Heb “and he lifted up his voice and wept.” The idiom calls deliberate attention to the fact that Jacob wept out loud.

[30:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Zilpah, the servant of Leah, bore a second son for Jacob.”

[30:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “and she bore a sixth son for Jacob,” i.e., this was the sixth son that Leah had given Jacob.

[31:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “sent and called for Rachel and for Leah.” Jacob did not go in person, but probably sent a servant with a message for his wives to meet him in the field.

[31:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “the field.” The word is an adverbial accusative, indicating that this is where Jacob wanted them to meet him. The words “to come to” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

[31:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “to his flock.”

[31:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it was told to Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.”

[32:1]  ⁸ sn The phrase angels of God occurs only here and in Gen 28:12 in the OT. Jacob saw a vision of angels just before he left the promised land. Now he encounters angels as he prepares to return to it. The text does not give the details of the encounter, but Jacob’s response suggests it was amicable. This location was a spot where heaven made contact with earth, and where God made his presence known to the patriarch. See C. Houtman, “Jacob at Mahanaim: Some Remarks on Genesis XXXII 2-3,” VT 28 (1978): 37-44.

[32:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he said to him.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (the man who wrestled with Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:27]  ¹⁰ sn What is your name? The question is rhetorical, since the Lord obviously knew Jacob’s identity. But since the Lord is going to change Jacob’s name, this question is designed to bring focus Jacob’s attention on all that his name had come to signify.

[34:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “went out to Jacob to speak with him.” The words “about Dinah” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[37:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the land of the sojournings of his father.”

[37:1]  ¹² sn The next section begins with the heading This is the account of Jacob in Gen 37:2, so this verse actually forms part of the preceding section as a concluding contrast with Esau and his people. In contrast to all the settled and expanded population of Esau, Jacob was still moving about in the land without a permanent residence and without kings. Even if the Edomite king list was added later (as the reference to kings in Israel suggests), its placement here in contrast to Jacob and his descendants is important. Certainly the text deals with Esau before dealing with Jacob – that is the pattern. But the detail is so great in chap. 36 that the contrast cannot be missed.

[45:25]  ¹² tn Heb “and they entered the land of Canaan to their father.”

[47:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “How many are the days of the years of your life?”

[47:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “from before Pharaoh.”