Genesis 5:7

5:7 Seth lived 807 years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had ¹  other ²  sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:10

5:10 Enosh lived 815 years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:13

5:13 Kenan lived 840 years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:16

5:16 Mahalalel lived 830 years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22

5:22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God ³  for 300 years, ⁴  and he had other ⁵  sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:26

5:26 Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other ⁶  sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:32

5:32 After Noah was 500 years old, he ⁷  became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 6:15

6:15 This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. ⁸ 

Genesis 11:13

11:13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other ⁹  sons and daughters. ¹⁰ 

Genesis 11:15

11:15 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other ¹¹  sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:17

11:17 And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 14:14

14:14 When Abram heard that his nephew ¹²  had been taken captive, he mobilized ¹³  his 318 trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders ¹⁴  as far as Dan. ¹⁵ 

Genesis 15:13

15:13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain ¹⁶  that your descendants will be strangers ¹⁷  in a foreign country. ¹⁸  They will be enslaved and oppressed ¹⁹  for four hundred years.

Genesis 32:6

32:6 The messengers returned to Jacob and said, “We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you and has four hundred men with him.”

Genesis 45:22

45:22 He gave sets of clothes to each one of them, ²⁰  but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five sets of clothes. ²¹ 

[5:7]  ¹ tn Heb “he fathered.”

[5:7]  ² tn Here and in vv. 10, 13, 16, 19 the word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.

[5:22]  ³ sn With the seventh panel there is a digression from the pattern. Instead of simply saying that Enoch lived, the text observes that he “walked with God.” The rare expression “walked with” (the Hitpael form of the verb הָלָךְ, halakh, “to walk” collocated with the preposition אֶת, ’et, “with”) is used in 1 Sam 25:15 to describe how David’s men maintained a cordial and cooperative relationship with Nabal’s men as they worked and lived side by side in the fields. In Gen 5:22 the phrase suggests that Enoch and God “got along.” This may imply that Enoch lived in close fellowship with God, leading a life of devotion and piety. An early Jewish tradition, preserved in 1 En. 1:9 and alluded to in Jude 14, says that Enoch preached about the coming judgment. See F. S. Parnham, “Walking with God,” EvQ 46 (1974): 117-18.

[5:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Enoch walked with God, after he became the father of Methuselah, [for] 300 years.”

[5:22]  ⁵ tn The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.

[5:26]  ⁵ tn The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.

[5:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “Noah.” The pronoun (“he”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[6:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about 18 inches (45 cm) long.

[11:13]  ¹¹ tn The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.

[11:13]  ¹² tc The reading of the MT is followed in vv. 11-12; the LXX reads, “And [= when] Arphaxad had lived thirty-five years, [and] he fathered [= became the father of] Cainan. And after he fathered [= became the father of] Cainan, Arphaxad lived four hundred and thirty years and fathered [= had] [other] sons and daughters, and [then] he died. And [= when] Cainan had lived one hundred and thirty years, [and] he fathered [= became the father of] Sala [= Shelah]. And after he fathered [= became the father of] Sala [= Shelah], Cainan lived three hundred and thirty years and fathered [= had] [other] sons and daughters, and [then] he died.” See also the note on “Shelah” in Gen 10:24; the LXX reading also appears to lie behind Luke 3:35-36.

[11:15]  ¹³ tn Here and in vv. 16, 19, 21, 23, 25 the word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.

[14:14]  ¹⁵ 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]  ¹⁶ 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]  ¹⁷ tn The words “the invaders” have been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[14:14]  ¹⁸ 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.

[15:13]  ¹⁷ tn The Hebrew construction is emphatic, with the Qal infinitive absolute followed by the imperfect from יָדַע (yada’, “know”). The imperfect here has an obligatory or imperatival force.

[15:13]  ¹⁸ tn The Hebrew word גֵּר (ger, “sojourner, stranger”) is related to the verb גּוּר (gur, “to sojourn, to stay for awhile”). Abram’s descendants will stay in a land as resident aliens without rights of citizenship.

[15:13]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “in a land not theirs.”

[15:13]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and they will serve them and they will oppress them.” The verb עִנּוּ, (’innu, a Piel form from עָנָה, ’anah, “to afflict, to oppress, to treat harshly”), is used in Exod 1:11 to describe the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt.

[45:22]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “to all of them he gave, to each one, changes of outer garments.”

[45:22]  ²⁰ tn Heb “changes of outer garments.”