Genesis 17
c Ge 28:3; 35:11; 43:14; 48:3; 49:25; Ex 6:3; Ru 1:20; Job 5:17; 6:4,14; 22:21; 33:19; 36:16; Isa 13:6; Joel 1:15; Mic 6:9
1 17:1 Hebrew El-Shaddai
j ver 15; Ge 32:28; 35:10; 37:3,13; 43:6; 46:2; 1Ki 18:31; 2Ki 17:34; 1Ch 1:34; Ne 9:7; Isa 48:1; S Jn 1:42
2 17:5 Abram means exalted father.
3 17:5 Abraham probably means father of many.
p Ex 6:7; 20:2; 29:45,46; Lev 11:44-45; 18:2; 22:33; 25:38; 26:12,45; Nu 15:41; Dt 4:20; 7:6,21; 29:13; 2Sa 7:24; Jer 14:9; Rev 21:7
f Ex 4:24-26; 12:15,19; 30:33; Lev 7:20,25; 17:4; 18:29; 19:8; 20:17; Nu 9:13; 15:30; 19:13; Dt 17:12; Jos 5:2-8; Job 38:15; Ps 37:28
4 17:19 Isaac means he laughs.
Genesis 18
e ver 16,22; Ge 19:1,10; 32:24; Jos 5:13; Jdg 13:6-11; Hos 12:3-4; Heb 13:2
1 18:3 Or eyes, Lord
2 18:6 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
u S Ge 11:30; Ro 4:19; Heb 11:11-12
4 18:22 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition but the LORD remained standing before Abraham
Genesis 19
1 19:14 Or were married to
2 19:18 Or No, Lord; or No, my lord
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.
l Nu 22:4; 24:17; Dt 2:9; Jdg 3:28; Ru 1:4,22; 1Sa 14:47; 22:3-4; 2Sa 8:2; 2Ki 1:1; 3:4; Ezr 9:1; Ps 108:9; Jer 48:1
m Nu 21:24; Dt 2:19; 23:3; Jos 12:2; Jdg 3:13; 10:6,7; 1Sa 11:1-11; 14:47; 1Ch 19:1; 2Ch 20:23; 26:8; 27:5; Ne 2:19; 4:3; Jer 25:21; 40:14; 49:1; Eze 21:28; 25:2; Am 1:13
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
1 20:16 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms
Genesis 21
1 21:3 Isaac means he laughs.
2 21:12 Or seed
t ver 31,32; Ge 22:19; 26:33; 28:10; 46:1,5; Jos 15:28; 19:2; Jdg 20:1; 1Sa 3:20; 1Ch 4:28; Ne 11:27
3 21:16 Hebrew; Septuagint the child
h ver 23; Ge 26:28; 28:15; 31:3,5,42; 39:2,3; 1Sa 3:19; 16:18; 2Ch 1:1; Ps 46:7; Isa 7:14; 8:8,10; 41:10; 43:5
4 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.
Genesis 22
a Ex 15:25; 16:4; 20:20; Dt 8:2,16; 13:3; Jdg 2:22; 3:1; 2Ch 32:31; Ps 66:10; Heb 11:17; Jas 1:12-13
1 22:13 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text a ram behind him
2 22:18 Or seed
Genesis 23
k S Ge 18:1; Dt 22:15; 25:7; Jos 20:4; Ru 4:11; 2Sa 15:2; 2Ki 15:35; Ps 127:5; Pr 31:23; Jer 26:10; 36:10
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
Genesis 24
k S Ge 10:15-19
1 24:7 Or seed
2 24:10 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
g ver 27,42,48; Ge 26:24; 28:13; 31:42,53; 32:9; 43:23; 46:3; Ex 3:6,15,16; 4:5; 1Ki 18:36; Ps 75:9; 94:7
b ver 47; Ge 41:42; Isa 3:21; Eze 16:11-12
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
i Ge 14:20; Ex 18:10; Ru 4:14; 1Sa 25:32; 2Sa 18:28; 1Ki 1:48; 8:56; Ps 28:6; 41:13; 68:19; 106:48; Lk 1:68
x S ver 10; Isa 3:19; Eze 16:11-12
5 24:55 Or she
6 24:63 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Genesis 25
b Ge 36:35; 37:28,36; Ex 2:15; Nu 22:4; 25:6,18; 31:2; Jos 13:21; Jdg 6:1,3; 7:1; 8:1,22,24; 9:17; 1Ki 11:18; Ps 83:9; Isa 9:4; 10:26; 60:6; Hab 3:7
1 25:10 Or the descendants of Heth
2 25:18 Or lived to the east of
3 25:20 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
s Ex 18:15; 28:30; 33:7; Lev 24:12; Nu 9:6-8; 27:5,21; Dt 17:9; Jdg 18:5; 1Sa 9:9; 10:22; 14:36; 22:10; 1Ki 22:8; 2Ki 3:11; 22:13; Isa 30:2; Jer 21:2; 37:7,17; Eze 14:7; 20:1,3
u S Ge 9:25; 48:14,19; Ro 9:11-12*
4 25:25 Esau may mean hairy.
5 25:26 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
6 25:30 Edom means red.
Genesis 26
h S Ge 21:20; 27:45; 31:3,5; 32:9; 35:3; 48:21; Ex 3:12; 33:14-16; Nu 23:21; Dt 31:23; Jos 1:5; Isa 43:2; Jer 1:8,19; Hag 1:13
1 26:4 Or seed
3 26:20 Esek means dispute.
4 26:21 Sitnah means opposition.
5 26:22 Rehoboth means room.
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
p 2Sa 8:14; Ps 68:31; 72:11; Isa 19:21,23; 27:13; 45:14,23; 49:7,23; 60:12,14; 66:23; Jer 12:17; Da 2:44; Zec 14:17-18
1 27:36 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.
b S Ge 10:15-19
Genesis 28
2 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
r S Ge 10:15-19
3 28:13 Or There beside him
5 28:19 Bethel means house of God.
6 28:20,21 Or Since God . . . father’s household, the LORD
7 28:21,22 Or household, and the LORD will be my God, 22then
Genesis 29
i Ge 30:22-24; 35:16; 46:19,22
1 29:17 Or delicate
y ver 33; Dt 21:15-17
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.
g Ge 34:25; 46:11; 49:5-7; Ex 2:1; 6:16,19; Nu 1:47; 3:17-20; 26:57; Dt 33:8; 1Ch 6:1,16; 23:6-24,13-14
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.