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Genesis 17

1 17:1 Hebrew El-Shaddai

i ver 16; S Ge 12:2; 25:23

2 17:5 Abram means exalted father.

3 17:5 Abraham probably means father of many.

t S Ge 12:7; S 15:7

u S ver 7; Jer 31:1

e ver 23

i S ver 5

j S ver 6; S Isa 29:22

k S ver 4; Ge 24:60; Gal 4:31

l S ver 3

r S ver 6,21; Ge 18:14; 21:2; 1Sa 1:20

4 17:19 Isaac means he laughs.

z S ver 19

d S ver 10, S 14

Genesis 18

f S Ge 17:3; S 43:28

1 18:3 Or eyes, Lord

2 18:6 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms

p S Ge 3:9

z S ver 10

b S ver 2

3 18:18 Or will use his name in blessings (see 48:20)

o S ver 2

q ver 1; Ge 19:27

4 18:22 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition but the LORD remained standing before Abraham

s ver 26; Jer 5:1

5 18:24 Or forgive; also in verse 26

y S ver 24

b S ver 30; Jdg 6:39

Genesis 19

1 19:14 Or were married to

e ver 26

g S ver 19; S Ge 14:10; Mt 24:16

h S Ge 6:8; S 18:3

2 19:18 Or No, Lord; or No, my lord

j S ver 17,30

3 19:19 The Hebrew is singular.

4 19:19 The Hebrew is singular.

5 19:19 The Hebrew is singular.

6 19:22 Zoar means small.

t S ver 17

y S Ge 8:1

b ver 22; S Ge 13:10

c S ver 19; S Ge 14:10

e ver 34,36; Ge 38:18

f ver 35

g S ver 32

i ver 33

j S ver 32

7 19:37 Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from father.

8 19:38 Ben-Ammi means son of my father’s people.

9 19:38 Hebrew Bene-Ammon

Genesis 20

Genesis 21

c S Ge 17:19; S 30:6

1 21:3 Isaac means he laughs.

r ver 18; S Ge 13:16

2 21:12 Or seed

3 21:16 Hebrew; Septuagint the child

z ver 13; S Ge 17:20

g ver 32; Ge 26:26

k S ver 22; Jos 2:12

o ver 25; Ge 26:25,32

p S ver 14

q S ver 23, S 27

r S ver 27

4 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.

s S ver 14

t S ver 22

Genesis 22

f ver 9

j ver 10; Jdg 19:29

l ver 14

m ver 13; S Jn 1:29

n ver 2

o S Ge 4:26; S 8:20

r S ver 6

s ver 3; S Ge 18:19

w S ver 1

y S ver 2; Jn 3:16; 1Jn 4:9

z S ver 8

1 22:13 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text a ram behind him

d ver 8

h S ver 2

o S ver 10; Ge 17:2,9; Ps 105:9

2 22:18 Or seed

3 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

Genesis 23

b ver 19; S Ge 13:18

1 23:3 Or the descendants of Heth; also in verses 5,7,10,16,18 and 20

j ver 18

2 23:11 Or sell

3 23:11 Or sell

4 23:11 Or sell

5 23:15 That is, about 10 pounds or about 4.6 kilograms

p S ver 9

s ver 10

u S ver 9

Genesis 24

c ver 35

f ver 9; Ge 47:29

h ver 7

l ver 37

n S ver 29; S Ge 21:21

o ver 39

q ver 8

r ver 3

w ver 41; Jos 2:12,17,20; 9:20

1 24:7 Or seed

x S ver 6

y S ver 2

2 24:10 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

j S ver 11,43; Ge 29:8

k ver 18,46

l ver 19

m ver 44

o ver 45

w S ver 14

x S ver 10

y ver 14

z ver 46

a S ver 12

c S ver 10

d ver 47

3 24:22 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams

4 24:22 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams

f ver 29,47; S Ge 11:29

g ver 32; Jdg 19:19

j S ver 12

l ver 21

m S ver 12,48; S Ge 12:1

p S ver 10; Eze 23:42

r S ver 25

v ver 1

b ver 3

d S ver 5

g S ver 12

i S ver 8

j S ver 12

k S ver 13

m S ver 14

n ver 14

p ver 15

q S ver 17; Jn 4:7

r ver 18-19

s ver 20

t ver 23

v S ver 24

w S ver 22

y S ver 26

z S ver 12

a S ver 27

b S ver 27

f S ver 12

g S ver 26

i S ver 10,22

j ver 56,59; Ge 30:25

l S ver 12

5 24:55 Or she

m S ver 54

p S ver 54

6 24:63 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Genesis 25

1 25:10 Or the descendants of Heth

v S Ge 2:4

f S ver 8

j S Ge 2:4

2 25:18 Or lived to the east of

k ver 26; Ge 26:34; 35:28

3 25:20 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

4 25:25 Esau may mean hairy.

d S ver 7, S 20

5 25:26 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.

f ver 29; Ge 27:3,5

j S ver 27

k ver 34

6 25:30 Edom means red.

p ver 30

Genesis 26

i ver 12; S Ge 12:2

l ver 24; Ge 48:4

1 26:4 Or seed

2 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

a S ver 3

g ver 27; Jdg 11:7

3 26:20 Esek means dispute.

4 26:21 Sitnah means opposition.

5 26:22 Rehoboth means room.

u S ver 4

a S ver 16

6 26:33 Shibah can mean oath or seven.

7 26:33 Beersheba can mean well of the oath and well of seven.

Genesis 27

g ver 7

j ver 4

k ver 13,43

n S ver 4

p ver 22

s S ver 8

u ver 27; SS 4:11

w ver 22-23

x ver 32

y ver 32

a S ver 4

c ver 12

e ver 12

f ver 16

g S ver 4

j S ver 15

q S Ge 9:25; S 25:23; S 37:7

r ver 33; Ge 12:3

s S ver 4

t ver 18

u ver 19

v ver 35

w S ver 29

a ver 19,45

1 27:36 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.

i ver 28

q ver 42

t ver 41

u S ver 8

y S ver 35

Genesis 28

1 28:2 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5,6 and 7

j S Ge 12:2,3

2 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai

q S ver 1

z ver 18

3 28:13 Or There beside him

h S Ge 12:2; S 13:14; S 26:24

4 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

k ver 20; Ps 121:5,7-8

l ver 22; Ge 35:3

m ver 21; S Ge 15:16; 30:25; 31:30

t ver 11

5 28:19 Bethel means house of God.

z S ver 15

c S ver 15

e S ver 18; 1Sa 7:12

6 28:20,21 Or Since God . . . father’s household, the LORD

f S ver 17

7 28:21,22 Or household, and the LORD will be my God, 22then

Genesis 29

c ver 3,8,10

d S ver 2

e ver 8

k S ver 2

n ver 16

o S ver 2

q ver 3; Ex 2:17

r ver 13

t ver 15

z ver 12

c ver 9-10

d S ver 16

1 29:17 Or delicate

h S ver 18; Ge 31:15

l S ver 16

s S ver 18; Ge 31:41

t S ver 16; S Ge 4:19

w S ver 16

x S ver 20

d S ver 31

2 29:32 Reuben sounds like the Hebrew for he has seen my misery; the name means see, a son.

3 29:33 Simeon probably means one who hears.

4 29:34 Levi sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for attached.

5 29:35 Judah sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for praise.