Genesis 5:29

5:29 He named him Noah, ¹  saying, “This one will bring us comfort ²  from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the Lord has cursed.”

Genesis 14:14

14:14 When Abram heard that his nephew ³  had been taken captive, he mobilized ⁴  his 318 trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders ⁵  as far as Dan. ⁶ 

Genesis 22:12

22:12 “Do not harm the boy!” ⁷  the angel said. ⁸  “Do not do anything to him, for now I know ⁹  that you fear ¹⁰  God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”

Genesis 24:44

24:44 Then she will reply to me, “Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels too.” May that woman be the one whom the Lord has chosen for my master’s son.’

Genesis 29:13

29:13 When Laban heard this news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he rushed out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob ¹¹  told Laban how he was related to him. ¹² 

Genesis 30:14

30:14 At the time ¹³  of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants ¹⁴  in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 30:32

30:32 Let me walk among ¹⁵  all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, ¹⁶  and the spotted or speckled goats. ¹⁷  These animals will be my wages. ¹⁸ 

Genesis 31:18

31:18 He took ¹⁹  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. ²⁰ 

Genesis 41:55

41:55 When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt, ²¹  “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

Genesis 42:33

42:33 “Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain ²²  for your hungry households and go.

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 44:8

44:8 Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

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 ²³  in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 47:15

47:15 When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians ²⁴  came to Joseph and said, “Give us food! Why should we die ²⁵  before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

Genesis 49:9

49:9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah,

from the prey, my son, you have gone up.

He crouches and lies down like a lion;

like a lioness – who will rouse him?

[5:29]  ¹ sn The name Noah appears to be related to the Hebrew word נוּחַ (nuakh, “to rest”). There are several wordplays on the name “Noah” in the story of the flood.

[5:29]  ² tn The Hebrew verb יְנַחֲמֵנוּ (yÿnakhamenu) is from the root נָחָם (nakham), which means “to comfort” in the Piel verbal stem. The letters נ (nun) and ח (heth) pick up the sounds in the name “Noah,” forming a paronomasia on the name. They are not from the same verbal root, and so the connection is only by sound. Lamech’s sentiment reflects the oppression of living under the curse on the ground, but also expresses the hope for relief in some way through the birth of Noah. His words proved to be ironic but prophetic. The relief would come with a new beginning after the flood. See E. G. Kraeling, “The Interpretations of the Name Noah in Genesis 5:29,” JBL 48 (1929): 138-43.

[14:14]  ³ tn Heb “his brother,” by extension, “relative.” Here and in v. 16 the more specific term “nephew” has been used in the translation for clarity. Lot was the son of Haran, Abram’s brother (Gen 11:27).

[14:14]  ⁴ tn The verb וַיָּרֶק (vayyareq) is a rare form, probably related to the word רֵיק (req, “to be empty”). If so, it would be a very figurative use: “he emptied out” (or perhaps “unsheathed”) his men. The LXX has “mustered” (cf. NEB). E. A. Speiser (Genesis [AB], 103-4) suggests reading with the Samaritan Pentateuch a verb diq, cognate with Akkadian deku, “to mobilize” troops. If this view is accepted, one must assume that a confusion of the Hebrew letters ד (dalet) and ר (resh) led to the error in the traditional Hebrew text. These two letters are easily confused in all phases of ancient Hebrew script development. The present translation is based on this view.

[14:14]  ⁵ tn The words “the invaders” have been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[14:14]  ⁶ sn The use of the name Dan reflects a later perspective. The Danites did not migrate to this northern territory until centuries later (see Judg 18:29). Furthermore Dan was not even born until much later. By inserting this name a scribe has clarified the location of the region.

[22:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “Do not extend your hand toward the boy.”

[22:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he said, ‘Do not extend…’”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the context for clarity. The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[22:12]  ⁷ sn For now I know. The test was designed to see if Abraham would be obedient (see v. 1).

[22:12]  ⁸ sn In this context fear refers by metonymy to obedience that grows from faith.

[29:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he told to Laban all these things.” This might mean Jacob told Laban how he happened to be there, but Laban’s response (see v. 14) suggests “all these things” refers to what Jacob had previously told Rachel (see v. 12).

[30:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “during the days.”

[30:14]  ¹⁰ sn Mandrake plants were popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac in the culture of the time.

[30:32]  ¹¹ tn Heb “pass through.”

[30:32]  ¹² tn Or “every black lamb”; Heb “and every dark sheep among the lambs.”

[30:32]  ¹³ tn Heb “and the spotted and speckled among the goats.”

[30:32]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and it will be my wage.” The referent collective singular pronoun (“it) has been specified as “these animals” in the translation for clarity.

[31:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “drove,” but this is subject to misunderstanding in contemporary English.

[31:18]  ¹⁴ 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.”

[41:55]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to all Egypt.” The name of the country is used by metonymy for the inhabitants.

[42:33]  ¹⁷ tn The word “grain” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[47:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Look they [are] in the land of Goshen.” Joseph draws attention to the fact of their presence in Goshen.

[47:15]  ²¹ tn Heb “all Egypt.” The expression is a metonymy and refers to all the people of Egypt.

[47:15]  ²² tn The imperfect verbal form has a deliberative force here.