Discovery BoxGenesis 5:7 
Context5:7 Seth lived 807 years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had 1 other 2 sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:10
Context5:10 Enosh lived 815 years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:13
Context5:13 Kenan lived 840 years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:16
Context5:16 Mahalalel lived 830 years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:19
Context5:19 Jared lived 800 years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:26
Context5:26 Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other 3 sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:30
Context5:30 Lamech lived 595 years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other 4 sons and daughters.
Genesis 10:21
Context10:21 And sons were also born 5 to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), 6 the father of all the sons of Eber.
Genesis 11:11
Context11:11 And after becoming the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other 7 sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:13
Context11:13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other 8 sons and daughters. 9
Genesis 11:15
Context11:15 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other 10 sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:17
Context11:17 And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:19
Context11:19 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:21
Context11:21 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:23
Context11:23 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:25
Context11:25 And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:28
Context11:28 Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, 11 while his father Terah was still alive. 12
Genesis 17:4
Context17:4 “As for me, 13 this 14 is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 22:23
Context22:23 (Now 15 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Genesis 25:3
Context25:3 Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. 16 The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.
Genesis 27:10
Context27:10 Then you will take 17 it to your father. Thus he will eat it 18 and 19 bless you before he dies.”
Genesis 28:21
Context28:21 and I return safely to my father’s home, 20 then the Lord will become my God.
Genesis 29:9
Context29:9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them. 21
Genesis 31:9
Context31:9 In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
Genesis 31:19
Context31:19 While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, 22 Rachel stole the household idols 23 that belonged to her father.
Genesis 35:18
Context35:18 With her dying breath, 24 she named him Ben-Oni. 25 But his father called him Benjamin instead. 26
Genesis 36:9
Context36:9 This is the account of Esau, the father 27 of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.
Genesis 38:13
Context38:13 Tamar was told, 28 “Look, your father-in-law is going up 29 to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
Genesis 43:28
Context43:28 “Your servant our father is well,” they replied. “He is still alive.” They bowed down in humility. 30
Genesis 44:27
Context44:27 “Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife gave me two sons. 31
Genesis 45:25
Context45:25 So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. 32
1 tn Heb “he fathered.”
2 tn Here and in vv. 10, 13, 16, 19 the word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.
3 tn The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.
4 tn The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “And to Shem was born.”
6 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.
7 tn The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.
8 tn The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.
9 tc The reading of the MT is followed in vv. 11-12; the LXX reads, “And [= when] Arphaxad had lived thirty-five years, [and] he fathered [= became the father of] Cainan. And after he fathered [= became the father of] Cainan, Arphaxad lived four hundred and thirty years and fathered [= had] [other] sons and daughters, and [then] he died. And [= when] Cainan had lived one hundred and thirty years, [and] he fathered [= became the father of] Sala [= Shelah]. And after he fathered [= became the father of] Sala [= Shelah], Cainan lived three hundred and thirty years and fathered [= had] [other] sons and daughters, and [then] he died.” See also the note on “Shelah” in Gen 10:24; the LXX reading also appears to lie behind Luke 3:35-36.
10 tn Here and in vv. 16, 19, 21, 23, 25 the word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.
11 sn The phrase of the Chaldeans is a later editorial clarification for the readers, designating the location of Ur. From all evidence there would have been no Chaldeans in existence at this early date; they are known in the time of the neo-Babylonian empire in the first millennium
12 tn Heb “upon the face of Terah his father.”
13 tn Heb “I.”
14 tn Heb “is” (הִנֵּה, hinneh).
15 tn The disjunctive clause gives information that is important but parenthetical to the narrative. Rebekah would become the wife of Isaac (Gen 24:15).
16 sn The names Sheba and Dedan appear in Gen 10:7 as descendants of Ham through Cush and Raamah. Since these two names are usually interpreted to be place names, one plausible suggestion is that some of Abraham’s descendants lived in those regions and took names linked with it.
17 tn The form is the perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive. It carries forward the tone of instruction initiated by the command to “go…and get” in the preceding verse.
18 tn The form is the perfect with the vav (ו) consecutive; it carries the future nuance of the preceding verbs of instruction, but by switching the subject to Jacob, indicates the expected result of the subterfuge.
19 tn Heb “so that.” The conjunction indicates purpose or result.
20 tn Heb “and I return in peace to the house of my father.”
21 tn Heb “was a shepherdess.”
22 tn This disjunctive clause (note the pattern conjunction + subject + verb) introduces a new scene. In the English translation it may be subordinated to the following clause.
23 tn Or “household gods.” Some translations merely transliterate the Hebrew term תְּרָפִים (tÿrafim) as “teraphim,” which apparently refers to household idols. Some contend that possession of these idols guaranteed the right of inheritance, but it is more likely that they were viewed simply as protective deities. See M. Greenberg, “Another Look at Rachel’s Theft of the Teraphim,” JBL 81 (1962): 239-48.
24 tn Heb “in the going out of her life, for she was dying.” Rachel named the child with her dying breath.
25 sn The name Ben-Oni means “son of my suffering.” It is ironic that Rachel’s words to Jacob in Gen 30:1, “Give me children or I’ll die,” take a different turn here, for it was having the child that brought about her death.
26 tn The disjunctive clause is contrastive.
sn His father called him Benjamin. There was a preference for giving children good or positive names in the ancient world, and “son of my suffering” would not do (see the incident in 1 Chr 4:9-10), because it would be a reminder of the death of Rachel (in this connection, see also D. Daube, “The Night of Death,” HTR 61 [1968]: 629-32). So Jacob named him Benjamin, which means “son of the [or “my”] right hand.” The name Benjamin appears in the Mari texts. There have been attempts to connect this name to the resident tribe listed at Mari, “sons of the south” (since the term “right hand” can also mean “south” in Hebrew), but this assumes a different reading of the story. See J. Muilenburg, “The Birth of Benjamin,” JBL 75 (1956): 194-201.
27 sn The term father in genealogical records needs to be carefully defined. It can refer to a literal father, a grandfather, a political overlord, or a founder.
28 tn Heb “And it was told to Tamar, saying.”
29 tn The active participle indicates the action was in progress or about to begin.
30 tn Heb “and they bowed low and they bowed down.” The use of synonyms here emphasizes the brothers’ humility.
31 tn Heb “that two sons my wife bore to me.”
32 tn Heb “and they entered the land of Canaan to their father.”
