² tn Heb “for offspring blessed by the Lord they [will be], and their descendants along with them.”

¹ tn Heb “those who go to descend to Egypt, but [of] my mouth they do not inquire.”

¹ tn Heb “house,” referring to the family line or descendants (likewise in v. 6).

¹ tn Heb “sons”; cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NLT “children”; NCV, TEV “descendants.”

¹ tn Or perhaps, “descendants,” since the list differs from the one in v. 18.

¹ sn That is, the descendants of Jacob/Israel (see v. 35b).

¹ sn Lot’s descendants. See note on this phrase in Deut 2:9.

¹ tc The verse does not have the preposition, only “the descendants of Naphtali.”

² tn The verb is singular in the Hebrew; Jacob is addressed as the representative of his descendants.

¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Ishmael’s descendants) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “to be to you for God and to your descendants after you.”

² tn Heb “they”; the referent (“your descendants”) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹ sn Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Little is known about these descendants of Aram.

⁵ sn The descendants of Sabteca settled in Samudake, east toward the Persian Gulf.

⁴ sn The descendants of Canaan lived in the region of Phoenicia (Palestine).

¹ sn The descendants of Seba settled in Upper Egypt along the Nile.

³ sn The descendants of Sabtah settled near the western shore of the Persian Gulf in ancient Hadhramaut.

³ sn The descendants of Riphath lived in a district north of the road from Haran to Carchemish.

¹ sn The descendants of Gomer were all northern tribes of the Upper Euphrates.

¹ tn Heb “goes in deeper” (cf. NASB, NRSV). The verb נָחֵת (nakhet) “to go down; to descend” with the preposition ב (bet) means “to descend into; to make an impression on” someone.