Discovery Box| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 27:36) |
1 tn Heb “Is he not rightly named Jacob?” The rhetorical question, since it expects a positive reply, has been translated as a declarative statement. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 29:27) |
1 tn Heb “fulfill the period of seven of this one.” The referent of “this one” has been specified in the translation as “my older daughter” for clarity. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 30:6) |
1 tn Heb “and also he has heard my voice.” The expression means that God responded positively to Rachel’s cry and granted her request. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 30:15) |
1 tn Heb “and she said to her”; the referent of the pronoun “she” (Leah) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 30:32) |
4 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. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 30:42) |
1 tn Heb “he did not put [them] in.” The referent of the [understood] direct object, “them,” has been specified as “the branches” in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 31:8) |
1 tn In the protasis (“if” section) of this conditional clause, the imperfect verbal form has a customary nuance – whatever he would say worked to Jacob’s benefit. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 32:18) |
5 tn Heb “and look, also he [is] behind us.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 32:27) |
1 tn Heb “and he said to him.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (the man who wrestled with Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 33:11) |
4 tn Heb “and he urged him and he took.” The referent of the first pronoun in the sequence (“he”) has been specified as “Jacob” in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 34:17) |
3 tn Heb “daughter.” Jacob’s sons call Dinah their daughter, even though she was their sister (see v. 8). This has been translated as “sister” for clarity. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 35:10) |
1 tn Heb “and he called his name Israel.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 37:4) |
2 tn Heb “of his brothers.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun “them.” |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 37:15) |
1 tn Heb “and he [i.e., Joseph] went to Shechem.” The referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 37:28) |
3 tn Heb “Joseph” (both here and in the following clause); the proper name has been replaced both times by the pronoun “him” in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 38:20) |
1 tn Heb “sent by the hand of his friend.” Here the name of the friend (“Hirah”) has been included in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 41:30) |
1 tn The perfect with the vav consecutive continues the time frame of the preceding participle, which has an imminent future nuance here. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 43:12) |
2 tn Heb “take back in your hand.” The imperfect verbal form probably has an injunctive or obligatory force here, since Jacob is instructing his sons. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 43:15) |
1 tn Heb “they arose and went down to Egypt.” The first verb has an adverbial function and emphasizes that they departed right away. |
| (0.61067954054054) | (Gen 44:3) |
2 tn Heb “and the men were sent off, they and their donkeys.” This clause, like the preceding one, has the subject before the verb, indicating synchronic action. |
