Genesis 30
1 30:6 Dan here means he has vindicated.
2 30:8 Naphtali means my struggle.
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.
f Ge 46:13; 49:14; Nu 1:8,28,29; 26:25; Dt 27:12; 33:18; Jos 17:10; 19:17; 21:6,28; Jdg 5:15; 10:1; 1Ch 7:1
6 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.
7 30:20 Zebulun probably means honor.
8 30:24 Joseph means may he add.
Genesis 31
f S Ge 24:63-64
1 31:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
v S Ge 24:63-64
s S Ge 21:22; Ps 124:1-2
2 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar Sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean witness heap.
3 31:49 Mizpah means watchtower.
Genesis 32
2 32:2 Mahanaim means two camps.
e S Ge 27:41-42
3 32:7 Or camps
4 32:8 Or camp
5 32:8 Or camp
6 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
7 32:30 Peniel means face of God.
8 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel
Genesis 33
g S Ge 27:41-42
1 33:17 Sukkoth means shelters.
2 33:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
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
o Ex 15:16; 23:27; Dt 2:25; Jos 2:9; 1Sa 7:10; 13:7; 14:15; 2Ch 14:14; 17:10; 20:29; Ps 9:20; Isa 19:17; Zec 14:13
1 35:7 El Bethel means God of Bethel.
2 35:8 Allon Bakuth means oak of weeping.
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
7 35:15 Bethel means house of God.
8 35:18 Ben-Oni means son of my trouble.
9 35:18 Benjamin means son of my right hand.
Genesis 36
1 36:16 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not have Korah.
2 36:22 Hebrew Hemam, a variant of Homam (see 1 Chron. 1:39)
3 36:24 Vulgate; Syriac discovered water; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
4 36:26 Hebrew Dishan, a variant of Dishon
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
Genesis 37
m ver 23,31,32; 2Sa 13:18-19
l ver 34; Ge 44:13; Nu 14:6; Jos 7:6; 2Sa 1:11; 2Ki 2:12; 5:7; 11:14; 22:11; Job 1:20; 2:12; Isa 36:22; 37:1; Jer 36:24; 41:5; Joel 2:13
2 37:28 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
Genesis 38
j ver 10; Ge 46:12; Lev 10:1-2; 1Ch 2:3
l S ver 7; Dt 25:7-10
1 38:29 Perez means breaking out.
2 38:30 Zerah can mean scarlet or brightness.
Genesis 39
o S Ge 38:16; Pr 7:15-18
Genesis 40
Genesis 41
g Ex 10:13; 14:21; Job 6:26; 11:2; 15:2; Ps 11:6; 48:7; Isa 11:15; 27:8; Jer 4:11; 18:17; Eze 19:12; 27:26; Hos 12:1; 13:15; Jnh 4:8
1 41:38 Or of the gods
y S Ge 39:9; Ps 105:21-22; Ac 7:10
2 41:43 Or in the chariot of his second-in-command; or in his second chariot
3 41:43 Or Bow down
w Ge 46:20; 48:1,5; 50:23; Nu 1:32; 26:28; Dt 33:17; Jos 14:4; Jdg 5:14; 1Ch 7:20; 2Ch 30:1; Ps 60:7; Jer 7:15; Ob 1:19
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.