5:6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father 1 of Enosh.
5:9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.
5:12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.
5:15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.
5:18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.
5:21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.
5:25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.
11:12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
11:14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
11:16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.
11:18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu.
11:20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.
11:22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.
11:24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.
11:26 When Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
37:1 But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, 5 in the land of Canaan. 6
1 tn Heb “he fathered.”
2 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).
3 sn Beer Lahai Roi. See the note on this place name in Gen 24:62.
4 tn Traditionally “Mount Seir,” but in this case the expression בְּהַר שֵׂעִיר (bÿhar se’ir) refers to the hill country or highlands of Seir.
5 tn Heb “the land of the sojournings of his father.”
6 sn The next section begins with the heading This is the account of Jacob in Gen 37:2, so this verse actually forms part of the preceding section as a concluding contrast with Esau and his people. In contrast to all the settled and expanded population of Esau, Jacob was still moving about in the land without a permanent residence and without kings. Even if the Edomite king list was added later (as the reference to kings in Israel suggests), its placement here in contrast to Jacob and his descendants is important. Certainly the text deals with Esau before dealing with Jacob – that is the pattern. But the detail is so great in chap. 36 that the contrast cannot be missed.