Genesis 27:30

27:30 Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left ¹  his father’s ²  presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt. ³ 

Genesis 47:11

47:11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory ⁴  in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, ⁵  just as Pharaoh had commanded.

Genesis 48:6

48:6 Any children that you father ⁶  after them will be yours; they will be listed ⁷  under the names of their brothers in their inheritance. ⁸ 

Genesis 50:8

50:8 all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.

[27:30]  ¹ tn The use of the infinitive absolute before the finite form of the verb makes the construction emphatic.

[27:30]  ² tn Heb “the presence of Isaac his father.” The repetition of the proper name (“Isaac”) was

[27:30]  ³ tn Heb “and Esau his brother came from his hunt.”

[47:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “a possession,” or “a holding.” Joseph gave them a plot of land with rights of ownership in the land of Goshen.

[47:11]  ⁵ sn The land of Rameses is another designation for the region of Goshen. It is named Rameses because of a city in that region (Exod 1:11; 12:37). The use of this name may represent a modernization of the text for the understanding of the intended readers, substituting a later name for an earlier one. Alternatively, there may have been an earlier Rameses for which the region was named.

[48:6]  ⁷ tn Or “you fathered.”

[48:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “called” or “named.”

[48:6]  ⁹ sn Listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance. This means that any subsequent children of Joseph will be incorporated into the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.