Discovery BoxGenesis 15:10 
Context15:10 So Abram 1 took all these for him and then cut them in two 2 and placed each half opposite the other, 3 but he did not cut the birds in half.
Genesis 19:12
Context19:12 Then the two visitors 4 said to Lot, “Who else do you have here? 5 Do you have 6 any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city? 7 Get them out of this 8 place
Genesis 25:23
Context25:23 and the Lord said to her,
“Two nations 9 are in your womb,
and two peoples will be separated from within you.
One people will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger.”
Genesis 41:19
Context41:19 Then 10 seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny, very bad-looking, and lean. I had never seen such bad-looking cows 11 as these in all the land of Egypt!
Genesis 41:54
Context41:54 Then the seven years of famine began, 12 just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.
Genesis 43:14
Context43:14 May the sovereign God 13 grant you mercy before the man so that he may release 14 your other brother 15 and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.” 16
Genesis 50:10
Context50:10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad 17 on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. 18 There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “in the middle.”
3 tn Heb “to meet its neighbor.”
sn For discussion of this ritual see G. F. Hasel, “The Meaning of the Animal Rite in Genesis 15,” JSOT 19 (1981): 61-78.
4 tn Heb “the men,” referring to the angels inside Lot’s house. The word “visitors” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “Yet who [is there] to you here?”
6 tn The words “Do you have” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Heb “a son-in-law and your sons and your daughters and anyone who (is) to you in the city.”
8 tn Heb “the place.” The Hebrew article serves here as a demonstrative.
9 sn By metonymy the two children in her womb are described as two nations of which the two children, Jacob and Esau, would become the fathers. The language suggests there would be a struggle between these nations, with one being stronger than the other. The oracle reveals that all of Jacob’s scheming was unnecessary in the final analysis. He would have become the dominant nation without using deception to steal his brother’s blessing.
10 tn Heb “And look.”
11 tn The word “cows” is supplied here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
12 tn Heb “began to arrive.”
13 tn Heb “El Shaddai.” See the extended note on the phrase “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1.
14 tn Heb “release to you.” After the jussive this perfect verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) probably indicates logical consequence, as well as temporal sequence.
15 sn Several Jewish commentators suggest that the expression your other brother refers to Joseph. This would mean that Jacob prophesied unwittingly. However, it is much more likely that Simeon is the referent of the phrase “your other brother” (see Gen 42:24).
16 tn Heb “if I am bereaved I am bereaved.” With this fatalistic sounding statement Jacob resolves himself to the possibility of losing both Benjamin and Simeon.
17 sn The location of the threshing floor of Atad is not certain. The expression the other side of the Jordan could refer to the eastern or western bank, depending on one’s perspective. However, it is commonly used in the OT for Transjordan. This would suggest that the entourage came up the Jordan Valley and crossed into the land at Jericho, just as the Israelites would in the time of Joshua.
18 tn Heb “and they mourned there [with] very great and heavy mourning.” The cognate accusative, as well as the two adjectives and the adverb, emphasize the degree of their sorrow.
