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Cross-References and Text Notes

Genesis 1

b ver 21,27; Ge 2:3

n ver 8,10; Ge 2:19,23

p ver 8,13,19,23,31

q S ver 3

r S ver 1; Isa 44:24; 2Pe 3:5

s ver 9; Ps 24:2; 136:6

u ver 9,11,15,24

v S ver 5

x S ver 5

a S ver 7

b S ver 5

e S ver 4

h S ver 7

i S ver 11

j S ver 4

k S ver 5

m S ver 4

q S ver 7

x S ver 4

y S ver 5

b S ver 1

e S ver 11

f S ver 4

h S ver 5

j S ver 11

k S ver 7

m S ver 11

n S ver 4

u S ver 1

1 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth

w S ver 26

c S ver 22; Ge 6:1; Ac 17:26

d ver 26; Ps 115:16

j S ver 4; 1Ti 4:4

k S ver 5

Genesis 2

f S Ge 1:1

1 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6

2 2:6 Or mist

3 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).

w S ver 8

4 2:12 Or good; pearls

5 2:13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia

b S ver 8

i S Ge 1:5

6 2:20 Or the man

7 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side

8 2:22 Or part

o S Ge 1:5

Genesis 3

k ver 21

1 3:15 Or seed

2 3:15 Or strike

m S ver 7

3 3:20 Or The man

4 3:20 Eve probably means living.

p S Ge 2:8

q S Ge 2:7

r S Ge 2:8

u S Ge 2:9

5 3:24 Or placed in front

Genesis 4

a ver 17,25

1 4:1 Or The man

2 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for brought forth or acquired.

3 4:1 Or have acquired

e S Ge 2:7

o S Ge 3:9

4 4:8 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text does not have “Let’s go out to the field.”

u ver 14

5 4:15 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew Very well

c S Ge 2:8

d S ver 1

6 4:16 Nod means wandering (see verses 12 and 14).

7 4:22 Or who instructed all who work in

n S ver 15

p ver 1

r ver 8

8 4:25 Seth probably means granted.

9 4:26 Or to proclaim

Genesis 5

Genesis 6

b Job 1:6 fn; 2:1 fn

c ver 4

1 6:3 Or My spirit will not remain in

2 6:3 Or corrupt

j ver 2

s S Ge 2:4

3 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

4 6:15 That is, about 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 135 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high

5 6:16 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters

6 6:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

h S ver 7, S 13; 2Pe 2:5

Genesis 7

Genesis 8

Genesis 9

Genesis 10

c ver 32; 1Ch 1:4

1 10:2 Sons may mean descendants or successors or nations; also in verses 3,4,6,7,20-23,29 and 31.

2 10:4 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanites

3 10:8 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 13,15,24 and 26.

4 10:10 Or Uruk and Akkad—all of them in

5 10:10 That is, Babylonia

6 10:11 Or Nineveh with its city squares

7 10:15 Or of the Sidonians, the foremost

x ver 24; Nu 24:24

8 10:21 Or Shem, the older brother of

d S ver 21; Lk 3:35

9 10:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash.

10 10:24 Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of

11 10:25 Peleg means division.

h S ver 1

Genesis 11

a ver 6

1 11:2 Or from the east; or in the east

2 11:2 That is, Babylonia

k S ver 1

m S ver 5

t S Ge 2:4

3 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.

4 11:10 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 11-25.

5 11:12,13 Hebrew; Septuagint (see also Luke 3:35,36 and note at Gen. 10:24) 35 years, he became the father of Cainan. 13And after he became the father of Cainan, Arphaxad lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters, and then he died. When Cainan had lived 130 years, he became the father of Shelah. And after he became the father of Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other sons and daughters

f S Ge 2:4

g ver 29; Ge 31:53

j S ver 27,31; Ge 22:20,23; 24:10,15,24; 29:5

n S ver 27

p S ver 28

Genesis 12

1 12:2 Or be seen as blessed

2 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)

m ver 16; Ge 13:2,6; 31:18; 46:6

3 12:7 Or seed

a S Ge 4:26; S 8:20

h S ver 11

Genesis 13

Genesis 14

b ver 4,9,17

1 14:1 That is, Babylonia; also in verse 9

f ver 8,10

h S ver 1

i S ver 1

v S ver 3

w S ver 1

y S ver 3

a ver 17,21

c ver 16,21

f ver 24; S Ge 13:18

h ver 12

2 14:13 Or a relative; or an ally

o S ver 11

p S ver 1

q S ver 10

w ver 22; Ps 7:8,17; Da 7:27

y ver 18

a S Ge 9:26; S 24:27

c S ver 10

d S ver 11

e S ver 10

g S ver 18

h S ver 19

Genesis 15

1 15:1 Or sovereign

2 15:1 Or shield; / your reward will be very great

3 15:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

4 15:5 Or seed

r S ver 2

x ver 17; Jer 34:18

h S ver 13; Ex 12:40

l S ver 10

5 15:18 Or river

Genesis 16