Genesis 11:31

11:31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there.

Genesis 36:6

36:6 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the people in his household, his livestock, his animals, and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan and went to a land some distance away from 1  Jacob his brother

Genesis 42:7

42:7 When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger 2  to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked, “Where do you come from?” They answered, 3  “From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.” 4 

Genesis 47:4

47:4 Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as temporary residents 5  in the land. There 6  is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 48:7

48:7 But as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, Rachel died – to my sorrow 7  – in the land of Canaan. It happened along the way, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem). 8 

Genesis 50:5

50:5 ‘My father made me swear an oath. He said, 9  “I am about to die. Bury me 10  in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”

1 tn Heb “from before.”

2 sn But pretended to be a stranger. Joseph intends to test his brothers to see if they have changed and have the integrity to be patriarchs of the tribes of Israel. He will do this by putting them in the same situations that they and he were in before. The first test will be to awaken their conscience.

3 tn Heb “said.”

4 tn The verb is denominative, meaning “to buy grain”; the word “food” could simply be the direct object, but may also be an adverbial accusative.

5 tn Heb “to sojourn.”

6 tn Heb “for there.” The Hebrew uses a causal particle to connect what follows with what precedes. The translation divides the statement into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

7 tn Heb “upon me, against me,” which might mean something like “to my sorrow.”

8 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

9 tn Heb “saying.”

10 tn The imperfect verbal form here has the force of a command.