37:12 When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,
1 sn God blessed Isaac. The Hebrew verb “bless” in this passage must include all the gifts that God granted to Isaac. But fertility was not one of them, at least not for twenty years, because Rebekah was barren as well (see v. 21).
2 sn Beer Lahai Roi. See the note on this place name in Gen 24:62.