Genesis 8:12

8:12 He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, ¹  but it did not return to him this time. ² 

Genesis 31:23

31:23 So he took his relatives ³  with him and pursued Jacob ⁴  for seven days. ⁵  He caught up with ⁶  him in the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 50:10

50:10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad ⁷  on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. ⁸  There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father.

[8:12]  ¹ tn The word “again” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:12]  ² tn Heb “it did not again return to him still.” For a study of this section of the flood narrative, see W. O. E. Oesterley, “The Dove with the Olive Leaf (Gen VIII 8–11),” ExpTim 18 (1906/07): 377-78.

[31:23]  ³ tn Heb “his brothers.”

[31:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[31:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he pursued after him a journey of seven days.”

[31:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “drew close to.”

[50:10]  ⁵ sn The location of the threshing floor of Atad is not certain. The expression the other side of the Jordan could refer to the eastern or western bank, depending on one’s perspective. However, it is commonly used in the OT for Transjordan. This would suggest that the entourage came up the Jordan Valley and crossed into the land at Jericho, just as the Israelites would in the time of Joshua.

[50:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they mourned there [with] very great and heavy mourning.” The cognate accusative, as well as the two adjectives and the adverb, emphasize the degree of their sorrow.