Genesis 4:26

4:26 And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people ¹  began to worship ²  the Lord.

Genesis 14:16

14:16 He retrieved all the stolen property. ³  He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the rest of ⁴  the people.

Genesis 18:26

18:26 So the Lord replied, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

Genesis 24:13

24:13 Here I am, standing by the spring, ⁵  and the daughters of the people ⁶  who live in the town are coming out to draw water.

Genesis 32:7

32:7 Jacob was very afraid and upset. So he divided the people who were with him into two camps, as well as the flocks, herds, and camels.

Genesis 41:40

41:40 You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. ⁷  Only I, the king, will be greater than you. ⁸ 

Genesis 46:27

46:27 Counting the two sons ⁹  of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy. ¹⁰ 

Genesis 47:23

47:23 Joseph said to the people, “Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate ¹¹  the land.

Genesis 49:29

49:29 Then he instructed them, ¹²  “I am about to go ¹³  to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

Genesis 49:33

49:33 When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went ¹⁴  to his people.

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¹ tn The word “people” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation. The construction uses a passive verb without an expressed subject. “To call was begun” can be interpreted to mean that people began to call.

² tn Heb “call in the name.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 12:8; 13:4; 21:33; 26:25). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116.

³ tn The word “stolen” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴ tn The phrase “the rest of “ has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁵ tn Heb “the spring of water.”

⁶ tn Heb “the men.”

⁷ tn Heb “and at your mouth (i.e., instructions) all my people will kiss.” G. J. Wenham translates this “shall kowtow to your instruction” (Genesis [WBC], 2:395). Although there is some textual support for reading “will be judged, ruled by you,” this is probably an attempt to capture the significance of this word. Wenham lists a number of references where individuals have tried to make connections with other words or expressions – such as a root meaning “order themselves” lying behind “kiss,” or an idiomatic idea of “kiss” meaning “seal the mouth,” and so “be silent and submit to.” See K. A. Kitchen, “The Term Nsq in Genesis 41:40,” ExpTim 69 (1957): 30; D. S. Sperling, “Genesis 41:40: A New Interpretation,” JANESCU 10 (1978): 113-19.

⁸ tn Heb “only the throne, I will be greater than you.”

⁹ tn The LXX reads “nine sons,” probably counting the grandsons of Joseph born to Ephraim and Manasseh (cf. 1 Chr 7:14-20).

¹⁰ tn Heb “And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two people; all the people belonging to the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy.”

sn The number seventy includes Jacob himself and the seventy-one descendants (including Dinah, Joseph, Manasseh, and Ephraim) listed in vv. 8-25, minus Er and Onan (deceased). The LXX gives the number as “seventy-five” (cf. Acts 7:14).

¹¹ tn The perfect verbal form with the vav consecutive is equivalent to a command here.

¹² tn The Hebrew text adds “and he said to them,” which is not included in the translation because it is redundant in English.

¹³ tn Heb “I am about to be gathered” The participle is used here to describe what is imminent.

¹⁴ tn Heb “was gathered.”