Genesis 29:10

29:10 When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, ¹  and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he ²  went over ³  and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban. ⁴ 

Genesis 10:21

10:21 And sons were also born ⁵  to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), ⁶  the father of all the sons of Eber.

Genesis 14:12

14:12 They also took Abram’s nephew ⁷  Lot and his possessions when ⁸  they left, for Lot ⁹  was living in Sodom. ¹⁰ 

Genesis 22:23

22:23 (Now ¹¹  Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Genesis 27:43

27:43 Now then, my son, do what I say. ¹²  Run away immediately ¹³  to my brother Laban in Haran.

Genesis 29:4

29:4 Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” They replied, “We’re from Haran.”

Genesis 29:15

29:15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you work ¹⁴  for me for nothing because you are my relative? ¹⁵  Tell me what your wages should be.”

Genesis 33:9

33:9 But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you.”

Genesis 37:16

37:16 He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell ¹⁶  me where they are grazing their flocks.”

Genesis 45:12

45:12 You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you. ¹⁷ 

Genesis 46:21

46:21 The sons of Benjamin: ¹⁸ 

Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

[29:10]  ¹ tn Heb “Laban, the brother of his mother” (twice in this verse).

[29:10]  ² tn Heb “Jacob.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[29:10]  ³ tn Heb “drew near, approached.”

[29:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “Laban, the brother of his mother.” The text says nothing initially about the beauty of Rachel. But the reader is struck by the repetition of “Laban the brother of his mother.” G. J. Wenham is no doubt correct when he observes that Jacob’s primary motive at this stage is to ingratiate himself with Laban (Genesis [WBC], 2:231).

[10:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “And to Shem was born.”

[10:21]  ⁶ tn Or “whose older brother was Japheth.” Some translations render Japheth as the older brother, understanding the adjective הַגָּדוֹל (haggadol, “older”) as modifying Japheth. However, in Hebrew when a masculine singular definite attributive adjective follows the sequence masculine singular construct noun + proper name, the adjective invariably modifies the noun in construct, not the proper name. Such is the case here. See Deut 11:7; Judg 1:13; 2:7; 3:9; 9:5; 2 Kgs 15:35; 2 Chr 27:3; Neh 3:30; Jer 13:9; 36:10; Ezek 10:19; 11:1.

[14:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “Lot the son of his brother.”

[14:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and.”

[14:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Lot) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:12]  ¹² tn This disjunctive clause is circumstantial/causal, explaining that Lot was captured because he was living in Sodom at the time.

[22:23]  ¹³ tn The disjunctive clause gives information that is important but parenthetical to the narrative. Rebekah would become the wife of Isaac (Gen 24:15).

[27:43]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “listen to my voice.”

[27:43]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “arise, flee.”

[29:15]  ²¹ tn The verb is the perfect with the vav (ו) consecutive; the nuance in the question is deliberative.

[29:15]  ²² tn Heb “my brother.” The term “brother” is used in a loose sense; actually Jacob was Laban’s nephew.

[37:16]  ²⁵ tn The imperative in this sentence has more of the nuance of a request than a command.

[45:12]  ²⁹ tn Heb “And, look, your eyes see and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that my mouth is the one speaking to you.”

[46:21]  ³³ sn The sons of Benjamin. It is questionable whether youthful Benjamin had ten sons by the time he went into Egypt, but it is not impossible. If Benjamin was born when Joseph was six or seven, he was ten when Joseph was sold into Egypt, and would have been thirty-two at this point. Some suggest that the list originally served another purpose and included the names of all who were in the immediate family of the sons, whether born in Canaan or later in Egypt.