Kejadian 13:7

13:7 So there were quarrels ¹  between Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen. ²  (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.) ³ 

Kejadian 14:7

14:7 Then they attacked En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh) again, ⁴  and they conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar.

Kejadian 16:12

16:12 He will be a wild donkey ⁵  of a man.

He will be hostile to everyone, ⁶ 

and everyone will be hostile to him. ⁷ 

He will live away from ⁸  his brothers.”

Kejadian 19:30

19:30 Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and settled in the mountains because he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters.

Kejadian 24:3

24:3 so that I may make you solemnly promise ⁹  by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire ¹⁰  a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

Kejadian 27:31

27:31 He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Esau ¹¹  said to him, “My father, get up ¹²  and eat some of your son’s wild game. Then you can bless me.” ¹³ 

Kejadian 27:39

27:39 So his father Isaac said to him,

“Indeed, ¹⁴  your home will be

away from the richness ¹⁵  of the earth,

and away from the dew of the sky above.

Kejadian 34:16

34:16 Then we will give ¹⁶  you our daughters to marry, ¹⁷  and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.

Kejadian 34:22-23

34:22 Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand ¹⁸  that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised. 34:23 If we do so, ¹⁹  won’t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”

Kejadian 35:22

35:22 While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with ²⁰  Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it.

Jacob had twelve sons:

Kejadian 36:7

36:7 because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled ²¹  was not able to support them because of their livestock.

Kejadian 45:10

45:10 You will live ²²  in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me – you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

Kejadian 47:11

47:11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory ²³  in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, ²⁴  just as Pharaoh had commanded.

[13:7]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term רִיב (riv) means “strife, conflict, quarreling.” In later texts it has the meaning of “legal controversy, dispute.” See B. Gemser, “The rîb – or Controversy – Pattern in Hebrew Mentality,” Wisdom in Israel and in the Ancient Near East [VTSup], 120-37.

[13:7]  ² sn Since the quarreling was between the herdsmen, the dispute was no doubt over water and vegetation for the animals.

[13:7]  ³ tn This parenthetical clause, introduced with the vav (ו) disjunctive (translated “now”), again provides critical information. It tells in part why the land cannot sustain these two bedouins, and it also hints of the danger of weakening the family by inner strife.

[14:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “they returned and came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh).” The two verbs together form a verbal hendiadys, the first serving as the adverb: “they returned and came” means “they came again.” Most English translations do not treat this as a hendiadys, but translate “they turned back” or something similar. Since in the context, however, “came again to” does not simply refer to travel but an assault against the place, the present translation expresses this as “attacked…again.”

[16:12]  ⁵ sn A wild donkey of a man. The prophecy is not an insult. The wild donkey lived a solitary existence in the desert away from society. Ishmael would be free-roaming, strong, and like a bedouin; he would enjoy the freedom his mother sought.

[16:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “His hand will be against everyone.” The “hand” by metonymy represents strength. His free-roaming life style would put him in conflict with those who follow social conventions. There would not be open warfare, only friction because of his antagonism to their way of life.

[16:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “And the hand of everyone will be against him.”

[16:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “opposite, across from.” Ishmael would live on the edge of society (cf. NASB “to the east of”). Some take this as an idiom meaning “be at odds with” (cf. NRSV, NLT) or “live in hostility toward” (cf. NIV).

[24:3]  ⁹ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose.

[24:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “because you must not take.”

[27:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he said to his father”; the referent of “he” (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity, while the words “his father” have been replaced by the pronoun “him” for stylistic reasons.

[27:31]  ¹² tn Or “arise” (i.e., sit up).

[27:31]  ¹³ tn Heb “so that your soul may bless me.”

[27:39]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “look.”

[27:39]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “from the fatness.”

[34:16]  ¹⁶ tn The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence.

[34:16]  ¹⁷ tn The words “to marry” (and the words “as wives” in the following clause) are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[34:22]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “when every one of our males is circumcised.”

[34:23]  ¹⁹ tn The words “If we do so” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[35:22]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and Reuben went and lay with.” The expression “lay with” is a euphemism for having sexual intercourse.

[35:22]  sn Reuben’s act of having sexual relations with Bilhah probably had other purposes than merely satisfying his sexual desire. By having sex with Bilhah, Reuben (Leah’s oldest son) would have prevented Bilhah from succeeding Rachel as the favorite wife, and by sleeping with his father’s concubine he would also be attempting to take over leadership of the clan – something Absalom foolishly attempted later on in Israel’s history (2 Sam 16:21-22).

[36:7]  ²¹ tn Heb “land of their settlements.”

[45:10]  ²² tn The perfect verbal form with vav consecutive here expresses instruction.

[47:11]  ²³ tn Heb “a possession,” or “a holding.” Joseph gave them a plot of land with rights of ownership in the land of Goshen.

[47:11]  ²⁴ sn The land of Rameses is another designation for the region of Goshen. It is named Rameses because of a city in that region (Exod 1:11; 12:37). The use of this name may represent a modernization of the text for the understanding of the intended readers, substituting a later name for an earlier one. Alternatively, there may have been an earlier Rameses for which the region was named.