Discovery Box| (0.08) | (Gen 31:17) | 1 tn Heb “and Jacob arose and he lifted up his sons and his wives on to the camels.” |
| (0.08) | (Gen 30:7) | 1 tn Heb “and she became pregnant again and Bilhah, the servant of Rachel, bore a second son for Jacob.” |
| (0.08) | (Gen 29:28) | 1 tn Heb “and Jacob did so.” The words “as Laban said” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 29:15) | 2 tn Heb “my brother.” The term “brother” is used in a loose sense; actually Jacob was Laban’s nephew. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 29:10) | 2 tn Heb “Jacob.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.08) | (Gen 25:26) | 1 tn The disjunctive clause describes an important circumstance accompanying the birth. Whereas Esau was passive at birth, Jacob was active. |
| (0.07) | (Jer 33:22) | 1 sn Context makes it clear that what is in view is an innumerable line of descendants from the righteous ruler that the Lord raises up over Israel and Judah after their regathering and restoration to the land. What is in view, then, is a reinstitution or reinstatement of the Davidic covenant of grant, the perpetual right of the Davidic dynasty to rule over the nation of Israel for all time (see also v. 26). This is guaranteed by the creation order, which is the object of both God’s creative decree (Gen 1:14-19) and his covenant with Noah after the flood (Gen 8:22). (For further discussion on the nature of a covenant of grant see the study note on 32:40.) The rejection of the lines of Jehoiakim (36:30) and Jeconiah (22:30) and the certain captivity and death of Zedekiah (32:4) may have called into question the continuance of the Davidic promise, which always had a certain conditional nature to it (cf. 1 Kgs 2:4; 8:25; 9:5). This promise and this guarantee show that the covenant of grant still stands and will ultimately find its fulfillment. Because this promise never found its fulfillment after the return from exile, it is left to the NT to show how it is fulfilled (cf., e.g., Matt 1:1-17, where it is emphasized that Jesus is the son [and heir] of both Abraham and David). |
| (0.07) | (Jer 46:27) | 2 tn Heb “And/But you do not be afraid, my servant Jacob.” Here and elsewhere in the verse the terms Jacob and Israel are poetic for the people of Israel descended from the patriarch Jacob. The terms have been supplied throughout with plural referents for greater clarity. |
| (0.07) | (Jer 30:10) | 1 tn Heb “So do not be afraid, my servant Jacob, oracle of the Lord.” Here and elsewhere in the verse the terms Jacob and Israel are poetic for the people of Israel descended from the patriarch Jacob. The terms have been supplied throughout with plural referents for greater clarity. |
| (0.07) | (Gen 42:1) | 3 sn Why are you looking at each other? The point of Jacob’s question is that his sons should be going to get grain rather than sitting around doing nothing. Jacob, as the patriarch, still makes the decisions for the whole clan. |
| (0.07) | (Gen 32:20) | 3 tn Heb “I will appease his face.” The cohortative here expresses Jacob’s resolve. In the Book of Leviticus the Hebrew verb translated “appease” has the idea of removing anger due to sin or guilt, a nuance that fits this passage very well. Jacob wanted to buy Esau off with a gift of more than 550 animals. |
| (0.07) | (Gen 31:2) | 1 tn Heb “and Jacob saw the face of Laban, and look, he was not with him as formerly.” Jacob knew from the expression on Laban’s face that his attitude toward him had changed—Jacob had become persona non grata. |
| (0.07) | (Gen 30:25) | 2 sn For Jacob to ask to leave would mean that seven more years had passed. Thus all Jacob’s children were born within the range of seven years of each other, with Joseph coming right at the end of the seven years. |
| (0.07) | (Gen 29:31) | 1 tn Heb “hated.” The rhetorical device of overstatement is used (note v. 30, which says simply that Jacob loved Rachel more than he did Leah) to emphasize that Rachel, as Jacob’s true love and the primary object of his affections, had an advantage over Leah. |
| (0.07) | (Gen 29:27) | 3 sn In exchange for seven more years of work. See C. H. Gordon, “The Story of Jacob and Laban in the Light of the Nuzi Tablets,” BASOR 66 (1937): 25-27; and J. Van Seters, “Jacob’s Marriages and Ancient Near Eastern Customs: A Reassessment,” HTR 62 (1969): 377-95. |
| (0.07) | (Gen 25:27) | 2 tn The disjunctive clause juxtaposes Jacob with Esau and draws attention to the striking contrasts. In contrast to Esau, a man of the field, Jacob was civilized, as the phrase “living in tents” signifies. Whereas Esau was a skillful hunter, Jacob was calm and even-tempered (תָּם, tam), which normally has the idea of “blameless.” |
| (0.07) | (Joh 9:31) | 2 tn Or “godly.” |
| (0.07) | (Psa 31:18) | 2 tn Or “godly.” |
| (0.07) | (1Ch 14:12) | 2 tn Heb “gods.” |
| (0.07) | (2Sa 6:7) | 2 tn Heb “God.” |
