Genesis 12:4

12:4 So Abram left, ¹  just as the Lord had told him to do, ²  and Lot went with him. (Now ³  Abram was 75 years old ⁴  when he departed from Haran.)

Genesis 24:51

24:51 Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become ⁵  the wife of your master’s son, just as the Lord has decided.” ⁶ 

Genesis 27:13-14

27:13 So his mother told him, “Any curse against you will fall on me, ⁷  my son! Just obey me! ⁸  Go and get them for me!”

27:14 So he went and got the goats ⁹  and brought them to his mother. She ¹⁰  prepared some tasty food, just the way his father loved it.

Genesis 27:30

27:30 Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left ¹¹  his father’s ¹²  presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt. ¹³ 

Genesis 47:3

47:3 Pharaoh said to Joseph’s ¹⁴  brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.” ¹⁵ 

Genesis 48:2

48:2 When Jacob was told, ¹⁶  “Your son Joseph has just ¹⁷  come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.

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¹ sn So Abram left. This is the report of Abram’s obedience to God’s command (see v. 1).

² tn Heb “just as the Lord said to him.”

³ tn The disjunctive clause (note the pattern conjunction + subject + implied “to be” verb) is parenthetical, telling the age of Abram when he left Haran.

⁴ tn Heb “was the son of five years and seventy year[s].”

sn Terah was 70 years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran (Gen 11:26). Terah was 205 when he died in Haran (11:32). Abram left Haran at the age of 75 after his father died. Abram was born when Terah was 130. Abram was not the firstborn – he is placed first in the list of three because of his importance. The same is true of the list in Gen 10:1 (Shem, Ham and Japheth). Ham was the youngest son (9:24). Japheth was the older brother of Shem (10:21), so the birth order of Noah’s sons was Japheth, Shem, and Ham.

⁵ tn Following the imperatives, the jussive with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

⁶ tn Heb “as the Lord has spoken.”

⁷ tn Heb “upon me your curse.”

⁸ tn Heb “only listen to my voice.”

⁹ tn The words “the goats” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰ tn Heb “his mother.” This has been replaced by the pronoun “she” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹¹ tn The use of the infinitive absolute before the finite form of the verb makes the construction emphatic.

¹² tn Heb “the presence of Isaac his father.” The repetition of the proper name (“Isaac”) was

¹³ tn Heb “and Esau his brother came from his hunt.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ tn Heb “both we and our fathers.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “and one told and said.” The verbs have no expressed subject and can be translated with the passive voice.

¹⁷ tn Heb “Look, your son Joseph.”