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Genesis 30

e ver 7; S Ge 29:29

h ver 9,18

m S ver 3

1 30:6 Dan here means he has vindicated.

2 30:8 Naphtali means my struggle.

s S ver 4

3 30:11 Or “A troop is coming!”

4 30:11 Gad can mean good fortune or a troop.

5 30:13 Asher means happy.

z ver 15,16; SS 7:13

c S ver 14

e S ver 4

6 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.

7 30:20 Zebulun probably means honor.

j S Ge 8:1

m S ver 6; S Ge 29:32

8 30:24 Joseph means may he add.

z S ver 27

b ver 33,35,39,40; Ge 31:8,12

d S ver 32

f S ver 32

k ver 38,41

l S ver 37

n ver 41; Jer 2:24

o ver 41

p S ver 32

q S ver 32

r S ver 38

s S ver 37

Genesis 31

c ver 5

e S Ge 21:22; S 26:3

g ver 2

h S Ge 21:22; S 26:3

m ver 52; S Ge 24:50

z S ver 3

1 31:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

o ver 27

t S ver 21

u ver 37

w S ver 21

a S ver 21

e ver 20

i S ver 7; S Ge 26:29

j S ver 5

n S ver 19

q S ver 19

t ver 37

u S ver 19

w ver 37; Ge 44:12

z ver 19

c ver 33

d ver 23

o S ver 7

p S ver 5; S Ex 3:15

r ver 53; Ge 46:1

z ver 48,51,52

b S ver 46

2 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar Sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean witness heap.

3 31:49 Mizpah means watchtower.

h S ver 46

k S ver 46

l S ver 7; S Ge 26:29

q S ver 42

t S ver 28; Ru 1:9

4 31:55 In Hebrew texts this verse (31:55) is numbered 32:1.

Genesis 32

1 In Hebrew texts 32:1-32 is numbered 32:2-33.

2 32:2 Mahanaim means two camps.

o ver 11

q ver 10; Ge 33:1

3 32:7 Or camps

4 32:8 Or camp

5 32:8 Or camp

w S ver 7

x S ver 7

h S ver 13

m S ver 13

s ver 32

6 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.

7 32:30 Peniel means face of God.

d ver 25

8 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel

Genesis 33

c ver 6

k ver 2

l S ver 3

m ver 2

n S ver 3

q S Ge 24:9; S 32:5

r ver 11; S Ge 13:6

s S Ge 30:27; S 32:5

y S ver 9

a ver 8

1 33:17 Sukkoth means shelters.

2 33:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

n S Ge 4:26; S 8:20

3 33:19 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.

4 33:20 El Elohe Israel can mean El is the God of Israel or mighty is the God of Israel.

Genesis 34

Genesis 35

c ver 3

e ver 7; Ge 27:43

i ver 1

m ver 8

v S ver 1

1 35:7 El Bethel means God of Bethel.

x ver 4

2 35:8 Allon Bakuth means oak of weeping.

3 35:9 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verse 26

4 35:10 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.

5 35:10 Israel probably means he struggles with God.

6 35:11 Hebrew El-Shaddai

h S Ge 12:7; S 15:7

7 35:15 Bethel means house of God.

t S ver 16

8 35:18 Ben-Oni means son of my trouble.

9 35:18 Benjamin means son of my right hand.

f S ver 18

v S Ge 23:20; S 25:9

Genesis 36

a S Ge 2:4

e ver 14,18

f ver 25; 1Ch 1:40

g ver 24; S Ge 10:17; 1Ch 1:40

h ver 4,10,13,17

j S ver 3; 1Ch 1:35

k ver 14,18; 1Ch 1:35

r S Ge 2:4

s ver 1,43

t S ver 3

w ver 15

z ver 16

a S ver 3

b S ver 2

c S ver 5

d ver 19,40; Ex 15:15

f S ver 11

g S ver 11

i ver 12

1 36:16 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not have Korah.

k S ver 3

l S ver 2

m S ver 5

p S ver 15

r ver 29

s ver 30

2 36:22 Hebrew Hemam, a variant of Homam (see 1 Chron. 1:39)

t S ver 2

w S ver 2

3 36:24 Vulgate; Syriac discovered water; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

x S ver 2

4 36:26 Hebrew Dishan, a variant of Dishon

y ver 20

z ver 21

g S ver 15

5 36:39 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 1:50); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Hadar

h S ver 9

Genesis 37

c S Ge 2:4

o S ver 24; S Ge 27:41; Ac 7:9

1 37:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 23 and 32.

p S Ge 20:3; S 28:12

q ver 10

r ver 8

v ver 5

w S ver 7; Ge 28:12

z ver 5

b S ver 7; S Ge 9:25; S 33:3

m ver 22; Jer 38:6,9

o ver 31-33; S Ge 4:10

s S ver 20

t ver 29-30

u ver 3

2 37:28 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams

m ver 22

n S ver 3

p S ver 3

q S ver 20

s S ver 29

a S ver 28

3 37:36 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also verse 28); Masoretic Text Medanites

Genesis 38

Genesis 39

Genesis 40

Genesis 41

b ver 17; S Ge 2:14; Ex 1:22; 2:5; 7:15

c ver 26; Jer 5:28

e ver 7

h ver 4

k ver 24; S Ge 40:8; Da 4:18

z S ver 1

a S ver 2

b S ver 8

e S ver 2

h ver 47

j ver 56; S Ge 12:10

m ver 39

q ver 48; Ge 47:14

r ver 48

s ver 56; Ge 42:6; 47:14

1 41:38 Or of the gods

w ver 33

i S ver 41

2 41:43 Or in the chariot of his second-in-command; or in his second chariot

3 41:43 Or Bow down

n ver 50; Ge 46:20,27

4 41:45 That is, Heliopolis; also in verse 50

q ver 29

r S ver 34

t S ver 45

5 41:51 Manasseh sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for forget.

6 41:52 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for twice fruitful.

b S ver 41; Jn 2:5

c S ver 36

e S ver 30