Genesis 9:26

9:26 He also said,

“Worthy of praise is ¹  the Lord, the God of Shem!

May Canaan be the slave of Shem! ² 

Genesis 10:21

10:21 And sons were also born ³  to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), ⁴  the father of all the sons of Eber.

Genesis 14:12

14:12 They also took Abram’s nephew ⁵  Lot and his possessions when ⁶  they left, for Lot ⁷  was living in Sodom. ⁸ 

Genesis 41:22

41:22 I also saw in my dream ⁹  seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.

Genesis 50:18

50:18 Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.”

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¹ tn Heb “blessed be.”

² tn Heb “a slave to him”; the referent (Shem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “And to Shem was born.”

⁴ tn Or “whose older brother was Japheth.” Some translations render Japheth as the older brother, understanding the adjective הַגָּדוֹל (haggadol, “older”) as modifying Japheth. However, in Hebrew when a masculine singular definite attributive adjective follows the sequence masculine singular construct noun + proper name, the adjective invariably modifies the noun in construct, not the proper name. Such is the case here. See Deut 11:7; Judg 1:13; 2:7; 3:9; 9:5; 2 Kgs 15:35; 2 Chr 27:3; Neh 3:30; Jer 13:9; 36:10; Ezek 10:19; 11:1.

⁵ tn Heb “Lot the son of his brother.”

⁶ tn Heb “and.”

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Lot) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn This disjunctive clause is circumstantial/causal, explaining that Lot was captured because he was living in Sodom at the time.

⁹ tn Heb “and I saw in my dream and look.”