Kejadian 15:16

15:16 In the fourth generation ¹  your descendants ²  will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.” ³ 

Kejadian 32:29

32:29 Then Jacob asked, “Please tell me your name.” ⁴  “Why ⁵  do you ask my name?” the man replied. ⁶  Then he blessed ⁷  Jacob ⁸  there.

Kejadian 41:9

41:9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures. ⁹ 

Kejadian 45:20

45:20 Don’t worry ¹⁰  about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.’”

[15:16]  ¹ sn The term generation is being used here in its widest sense to refer to a full life span. When the chronological factors are considered and the genealogies tabulated, there are four hundred years of bondage. This suggests that in this context a generation is equivalent to one hundred years.

[15:16]  ² tn Heb “they”; the referent (“your descendants”) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[15:16]  ³ tn Heb “is not yet complete.”

[15:16]  sn The sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit. The justice of God is apparent. He will wait until the Amorites are fully deserving of judgment before he annihilates them and gives the land to Israel.

[32:29]  ⁴ sn Tell me your name. In primitive thought to know the name of a deity or supernatural being would enable one to use it for magical manipulation or power (A. S. Herbert, Genesis 12-50 [TBC], 108). For a thorough structural analysis of the passage discussing the plays on the names and the request of Jacob, see R. Barthes, “The Struggle with the Angel: Textual Analysis of Genesis 32:23-33,” Structural Analysis and Biblical Exegesis (PTMS), 21-33.

[32:29]  ⁵ tn The question uses the enclitic pronoun “this” to emphasize the import of the question.

[32:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he said, ‘Why is it that you ask my name?’” The referent of the pronoun “he” (the man who wrestled with Jacob) has been specified for clarity, and the order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[32:29]  ⁷ tn The verb here means that the Lord endowed Jacob with success; he would be successful in everything he did, including meeting Esau.

[32:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[41:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “sins, offenses.” He probably refers here to the offenses that landed him in prison (see 40:1).

[45:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “let not your eye regard.”