Genesis 7:13

7:13 On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons’ three wives. ¹ 

Genesis 9:1

God’s Covenant with Humankind through Noah

9:1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Genesis 25:9

25:9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah ²  near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite.

Genesis 35:29

35:29 Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. ³  He died an old man who had lived a full life. ⁴  His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 37:3

37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons ⁵  because he was a son born to him late in life, ⁶  and he made a special ⁷  tunic for him.

Genesis 37:35

37:35 All his sons and daughters stood by ⁸  him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. “No,” he said, “I will go to the grave mourning my son.” ⁹  So Joseph’s ¹⁰  father wept for him.

Genesis 46:15

46:15 These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with Dinah his daughter. His sons and daughters numbered thirty-three in all. ¹¹ 

Genesis 48:1

Manasseh and Ephraim

48:1 After these things Joseph was told, ¹²  “Your father is weakening.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

Genesis 49:1

The Blessing of Jacob

49:1 Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather together so I can tell you ¹³  what will happen to you in the future. ¹⁴ 

Genesis 49:33

49:33 When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went ¹⁵  to his people.

[7:13]  ¹ tn Heb “On that very day Noah entered, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and the wife of Noah, and the three wives of his sons with him into the ark.”

[25:9]  ² sn The cave of Machpelah was the place Abraham had purchased as a burial place for his wife Sarah (Gen 23:17-18).

[35:29]  ³ tn Heb “and Isaac expired and died and he was gathered to his people.” In the ancient Israelite view he joined his deceased ancestors in Sheol, the land of the dead.

[35:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “old and full of years.”

[37:3]  ⁴ tn The disjunctive clause provides supplemental information vital to the story. It explains in part the brothers’ animosity toward Joseph.

[37:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “a son of old age was he to him.” This expression means “a son born to him when he [i.e., Jacob] was old.”

[37:3]  ⁶ tn It is not clear what this tunic was like, because the meaning of the Hebrew word that describes it is uncertain. The idea that it was a coat of many colors comes from the Greek translation of the OT. An examination of cognate terms in Semitic suggests it was either a coat or tunic with long sleeves (cf. NEB, NRSV), or a tunic that was richly embroidered (cf. NIV). It set Joseph apart as the favored one.

[37:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “arose, stood”; which here suggests that they stood by him in his time of grief.

[37:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he said, ‘Indeed I will go down to my son mourning to Sheol.’” Sheol was viewed as the place where departed spirits went after death.

[37:35]  ⁷ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[46:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “all the lives of his sons and his daughters, thirty-three.”

[48:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “and one said.” With no expressed subject in the Hebrew text, the verb can be translated with the passive voice.

[49:1]  ⁸ tn After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result.

[49:1]  ⁹ tn The expression “in the future” (אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים, ’akharit hayyamim, “in the end of days”) is found most frequently in prophetic passages; it may refer to the end of the age, the eschaton, or to the distant future. The contents of some of the sayings in this chapter stretch from the immediate circumstances to the time of the settlement in the land to the coming of Messiah. There is a great deal of literature on this chapter, including among others C. Armerding, “The Last Words of Jacob: Genesis 49,” BSac 112 (1955): 320-28; H. Pehlke, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Genesis 49:1-28” (Th.D. dissertation, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1985); and B. Vawter, “The Canaanite Background of Genesis 49,” CBQ 17 (1955): 1-18.

[49:33]  ⁹ tn Heb “was gathered.”