Discovery Box| (0.08) | (Gen 42:4) | 2 tn The Hebrew verb אָמַר (ʾamar, “to say”) could also be translated “thought” (i.e., “he said to himself”) here, giving Jacob’s reasoning rather than spoken words. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 34:7) | 6 tn Heb “by lying with the daughter of Jacob.” The infinitive here explains the preceding verb, indicating exactly how he had disgraced Jacob. The expression “to lie with” is a euphemism for sexual relations, or in this case, sexual assault. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 32:32) | 2 tn Or “because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck.” Some translations render this as an impersonal passive. On the translation of the word “struck” see the note on this term in v. 25. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 33:1) | 2 tn Or “and look, Esau was coming.” By the use of the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), the narrator invites the reader to view the scene through Jacob’s eyes. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 32:4) | 1 sn Your servant. The narrative recounts Jacob’s groveling in fear before Esau as he calls his brother his “lord,” as if to minimize what had been done twenty years ago. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 31:36) | 2 tn Heb “and Jacob answered and said to Laban, ‘What is my sin?’” The proper name “Jacob” has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation and the order of the introductory clause and direct discourse rearranged for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 31:13) | 2 sn You anointed the sacred stone. In Gen 28:18 the text simply reported that Jacob poured oil on top of the stone. Now that pouring is interpreted by the Lord as an anointing. Jacob had consecrated the place. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 29:25) | 1 tn Heb “and it happened in the morning that look, it was Leah.” By the use of the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), the narrator invites the reader to view the scene through Jacob’s eyes. |
| (0.08) | (Exo 20:3) | 2 tn The expression עַל־פָּנָי (ʿal panay) has several possible interpretations. S. R. Driver suggests “in front of me,” meaning obliging me to behold them, and also giving a prominence above me (Exodus, 193-94). W. F. Albright rendered it “You shall not prefer other gods to me” (From the Stone Age to Christianity, 297, n. 29). B. Jacob (Exodus, 546) illustrates it with marriage: the wife could belong to only one man while every other man was “another man.” They continued to exist but were not available to her. The point is clear from the Law, regardless of the specific way the prepositional phrase is rendered. God demands absolute allegiance, to the exclusion of all other deities. The preposition may imply some antagonism, for false gods would be opposed to Yahweh. U. Cassuto adds that God was in effect saying that anytime Israel turned to a false god they had to know that the Lord was there—it is always in his presence, or before him (Exodus, 241). |
| (0.08) | (Jer 30:7) | 2 tn Heb “It is a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.” |
| (0.08) | (Isa 58:1) | 2 tn Heb “and to the house of Jacob their sin.” The verb “declare” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line). |
| (0.08) | (Isa 8:14) | 2 sn The two “houses” of Israel (= the patriarch Jacob) are the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah. |
| (0.08) | (Psa 24:6) | 1 sn This verse presents a somewhat idealized view of Jacob’s descendants as devoted worshipers of the Lord. |
| (0.08) | (Exo 12:36) | 4 sn See B. Jacob, “The Gifts of the Egyptians; A Critical Commentary,” Journal of Reformed Judaism 27 (1980): 59-69. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 48:10) | 1 sn The disjunctive clause provides supplemental information that is important to the story. The weakness of Israel’s sight is one of several connections between this chapter and Gen 27. Here there are two sons, and it appears that the younger is being blessed over the older by a blind old man. While it was by Jacob’s deception in chap. 27, here it is with Jacob’s full knowledge. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 45:26) | 1 tn Heb “and his heart was numb.” Jacob was stunned by the unbelievable news and was unable to respond. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 42:1) | 2 tn Heb “Jacob.” Here the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 33:11) | 1 tn Heb “blessing.” It is as if Jacob is trying to repay what he stole from his brother twenty years earlier. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 33:17) | 4 sn The name Sukkoth means “shelters,” an appropriate name in light of the shelters Jacob built there for his livestock. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 31:46) | 1 tn Heb “Jacob”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
