¹ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

¹ tn Heb “great”; NRSV “powerful”; NIV “prominent”; NCV “very important.”

¹ sn Teman was an important region (or perhaps city) in Edom.

⁴ tn The disjunctive clause gives important information parenthetical in nature – the promised land was occupied by Canaanites.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause provides supplemental information that is important to the story.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause gives supplemental information that is important to the storyline.

² sn The place is unknown; it is apparently an important city in the region.

² tn Or “without distinction,” or “All the people from the least important to the most important”; Heb “from the least to the greatest.” This is a figure of speech that uses polar opposites as an all-inclusive designation of everyone without exception (i.e., it included all the people from the least important or poorest to the most important or richest.)

¹ tn Or “without distinction,” or “All the people from the least important to the most important”; Heb “from the least to the greatest.” This is a figure of speech that uses polar opposites as an all-inclusive designation of everyone without exception (i.e., it included all the people from the least important or poorest to the most important or richest.)

² sn Kerioth was an important Moabite city. See Jer 48:24, 41.

² tn Or “then in disgrace”; Grk “with shame.” In this culture avoiding shame was important.

² tn Grk “Go up higher.” This means to move to a more important place.

¹ sn The coming wrath. This wrath is an important theme in 1 Thess 5.

³ tn The Hebrew verb כָּבֵד (kaved), translated “was…important,” has the primary meaning “to be heavy,” but here carries a secondary sense of “to be important” (that is, “heavy” in honor or respect).

¹ tn The parenthetical disjunctive clause introduces the audience to Laban, who will eventually play an important role in the unfolding story.

¹ tn The disjunctive clause describes an important circumstance accompanying the birth. Whereas Esau was passive at birth, Jacob was active.

³ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced by the noun with the prefixed conjunction) provides supplemental information that is important to the story.

³ tn The disjunctive clause draws attention to an important fact: He may have crossed the stream, but he was limping.

¹ sn The gate. In an ancient Near Eastern city the gate complex was the location for conducting important public business.

¹ sn The name given to the place, Hill of the Foreskins was an obvious reminder of this important event.