Genesis 26:3

26:3 Stay ¹  in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, ²  for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, ³  and I will fulfill ⁴  the solemn promise I made ⁵  to your father Abraham.

Genesis 28:13

28:13 and the Lord stood at its top. He said, “I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. ⁶  I will give you and your descendants the ground ⁷  you are lying on.

Genesis 31:18

31:18 He took ⁸  away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac. ⁹ 

Genesis 31:29

31:29 I have ¹⁰  the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night, ‘Be careful ¹¹  that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’ ¹² 

Genesis 31:35

31:35 Rachel ¹³  said to her father, “Don’t be angry, ¹⁴  my lord. I cannot stand up ¹⁵  in your presence because I am having my period.” ¹⁶  So he searched thoroughly, ¹⁷  but did not find the idols.

Genesis 42:35

42:35 When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

Genesis 43:8

43:8 Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. ¹⁸  Then we will live ¹⁹  and not die – we and you and our little ones.

Genesis 44:17

44:17 But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of ²⁰  you may go back ²¹  to your father in peace.”

Genesis 45:9

45:9 Now go up to my father quickly ²²  and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!

Genesis 45:18

45:18 Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you ²³  the best land in Egypt and you will eat ²⁴  the best ²⁵  of the land.’

Genesis 47:1

Joseph’s Wise Administration

47:1 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of

Canaan. They are now ²⁶  in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 48:19

48:19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude ²⁷  of nations.”

Genesis 50:10

50:10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad ²⁸  on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. ²⁹  There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father.

Genesis 50:15

50:15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay ³⁰  us in full ³¹  for all the harm ³²  we did to him?”

[26:3]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb גּוּר (gur) means “to live temporarily without ownership of land.” Abraham’s family will not actually possess the land of Canaan until the Israelite conquest hundreds of years later.

[26:3]  ² tn After the imperative “stay” the two prefixed verb forms with prefixed conjunction here indicate consequence.

[26:3]  ³ tn The Hebrew term זֶרַע (zera’) occurring here and in v. 18 may mean “seed” (for planting), “offspring” (occasionally of animals, but usually of people), or “descendants” depending on the context.

[26:3]  ⁴ tn The Hiphil stem of the verb קוּם (qum) here means “to fulfill, to bring to realization.” For other examples of this use of this verb form, see Lev 26:9; Num 23:19; Deut 8:18; 9:5; 1 Sam 1:23; 1 Kgs 6:12; Jer 11:5.

[26:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “the oath which I swore.”

[28:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.” The Hebrew word for “father” can typically be used in a broader sense than the English word, in this case referring to Abraham (who was Jacob’s grandfather). For stylistic reasons and for clarity, the words “your father” are supplied with “Isaac” in the translation.

[28:13]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew term אֶרֶץ (’erets) can mean “[the] earth,” “land,” “region,” “piece of ground,” or “ground” depending on the context. Here the term specifically refers to the plot of ground on which Jacob was lying, but at the same time this stands by metonymy for the entire land of Canaan.

[31:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “drove,” but this is subject to misunderstanding in contemporary English.

[31:18]  ¹² tn Heb “and he led away all his cattle and all his moveable property which he acquired, the cattle he obtained, which he acquired in Paddan Aram to go to Isaac his father to the land of Canaan.”

[31:29]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “there is to my hand.”

[31:29]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “watch yourself,” which is a warning to be on guard against doing something that is inappropriate.

[31:29]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “from speaking with Jacob from good to evil.” The precise meaning of the expression, which occurs only here and in v. 24, is uncertain. See the note on the same phrase in v. 24.

[31:35]  ²¹ tn Heb “she”; the referent (Rachel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[31:35]  ²² tn Heb “let it not be hot in the eyes of my lord.” This idiom refers to anger, in this case as a result of Rachel’s failure to stand in the presence of her father as a sign of respect.

[31:35]  ²³ tn Heb “I am unable to rise.”

[31:35]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the way of women is to me.” This idiom refers to a woman’s menstrual period.

[31:35]  ²⁵ tn The word “thoroughly” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

[43:8]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and we will rise up and we will go.” The first verb is adverbial and gives the expression the sense of “we will go immediately.”

[43:8]  ²⁷ tn After the preceding cohortatives, the prefixed verbal form (either imperfect or cohortative) with the prefixed conjunction here indicates purpose or result.

[44:17]  ³¹ tn The words “the rest of” have been supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[44:17]  ³² tn Heb “up” (reflecting directions from their point of view – “up” to Canaan; “down” to Egypt).

[45:9]  ³⁶ tn Heb “hurry and go up.”

[45:18]  ⁴¹ tn After the imperatives in vv. 17-18a, the cohortative with vav indicates result.

[45:18]  ⁴² tn After the cohortative the imperative with vav states the ultimate goal.

[45:18]  ⁴³ tn Heb “fat.”

[47:1]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “Look they [are] in the land of Goshen.” Joseph draws attention to the fact of their presence in Goshen.

[48:19]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “fullness.”

[50:10]  ⁵⁶ sn The location of the threshing floor of Atad is not certain. The expression the other side of the Jordan could refer to the eastern or western bank, depending on one’s perspective. However, it is commonly used in the OT for Transjordan. This would suggest that the entourage came up the Jordan Valley and crossed into the land at Jericho, just as the Israelites would in the time of Joshua.

[50:10]  ⁵⁷ tn Heb “and they mourned there [with] very great and heavy mourning.” The cognate accusative, as well as the two adjectives and the adverb, emphasize the degree of their sorrow.

[50:15]  ⁶¹ tn The imperfect tense could be a simple future; it could also have a desiderative nuance.

[50:15]  ⁶² tn The infinitive absolute makes the statement emphatic, “repay in full.”

[50:15]  ⁶³ tn Or “evil.”