Genesis 4:25

4:25 And Adam had marital relations ¹  with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, “God has given ²  me another child ³  in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”

Genesis 7:4

7:4 For in seven days ⁴  I will cause it to rain ⁵  on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

Genesis 9:15

9:15 then I will remember my covenant with you ⁶  and with all living creatures of all kinds. ⁷  Never again will the waters become a flood and destroy ⁸  all living things. ⁹ 

Genesis 29:33-34

29:33 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Because the Lord heard that I was unloved, ¹⁰  he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon. ¹¹ 

29:34 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Now this time my husband will show me affection, ¹²  because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi. ¹³ 

Genesis 35:10

35:10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name.” So God named him Israel. ¹⁴ 

Genesis 40:13

40:13 In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you ¹⁵  and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did before ¹⁶  when you were cupbearer.

Genesis 43:7

43:7 They replied, “The man questioned us ¹⁷  thoroughly ¹⁸  about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ ¹⁹  So we answered him in this way. ²⁰  How could we possibly know ²¹  that he would say, ²²  ‘Bring your brother down’?”

Genesis 48:7

48:7 But as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, Rachel died – to my sorrow ²³  – in the land of Canaan. It happened along the way, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem). ²⁴ 

[4:25]  ¹ tn Heb “knew,” a frequent euphemism for sexual relations.

[4:25]  ² sn The name Seth probably means something like “placed”; “appointed”; “set”; “granted,” assuming it is actually related to the verb that is used in the sentiment. At any rate, the name שֵׁת (shet) and the verb שָׁת (shat, “to place, to appoint, to set, to grant”) form a wordplay (paronomasia).

[4:25]  ³ tn Heb “offspring.”

[7:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “for seven days yet,” meaning “after [or “in”] seven days.”

[7:4]  ⁵ tn The Hiphil participle מַמְטִיר (mamtir, “cause to rain”) here expresses the certainty of the act in the imminent future.

[9:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “which [is] between me and between you.”

[9:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “all flesh.”

[9:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “to destroy.”

[9:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all flesh.”

[29:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “hated.” See the note on the word “unloved” in v. 31.

[29:33]  ¹¹ sn The name Simeon (שִׁמְעוֹן, shim’on) is derived from the verbal root שָׁמַע (shama’) and means “hearing.” The name is appropriate since it is reminder that the Lord “heard” about Leah’s unloved condition and responded with pity.

[29:34]  ¹³ tn Heb “will be joined to me.”

[29:34]  ¹⁴ sn The name Levi (לֵוִי, levi), the precise meaning of which is debated, was appropriate because it sounds like the verb לָוָה (lavah, “to join”), used in the statement recorded earlier in the verse.

[35:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and he called his name Israel.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[40:13]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Pharaoh will lift up your head.” This Hebrew idiom usually refers to restoring dignity, office, or power. It is comparable to the modern saying “someone can hold his head up high.”

[40:13]  ²⁰ tn Heb “according to the former custom.”

[43:7]  ²² tn The word “us” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[43:7]  ²³ tn The infinitive absolute with the perfect verbal form emphasizes that Joseph questioned them thoroughly.

[43:7]  ²⁴ sn The report given here concerning Joseph’s interrogation does not exactly match the previous account where they supplied the information to clear themselves (see 42:13). This section may reflect how they remembered the impact of his interrogation, whether he asked the specific questions or not. That may be twisting the truth to protect themselves, not wanting to admit that they volunteered the information. (They admitted as much in 42:31, but now they seem to be qualifying that comment.) On the other hand, when speaking to Joseph later (see 44:19), Judah claims that Joseph asked for the information about their family, making it possible that 42:13 leaves out some of the details of their first encounter.

[43:7]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and we told to him according to these words.”

[43:7]  ²⁶ tn The infinitive absolute emphasizes the imperfect verbal form, which here is a historic future (that is, future from the perspective of a past time).

[43:7]  ²⁷ tn Once again the imperfect verbal form is used as a historic future (that is, future from the perspective of past time).

[48:7]  ²⁵ tn Heb “upon me, against me,” which might mean something like “to my sorrow.”

[48:7]  ²⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.