² tn Heb “or from the remainder of his flesh from his family.”

³ tn Jacob speaks in the first person as the head and representative of the entire family.

¹ tn The preposition מִן (min) is causal here, explaining why Noah and his family entered the ark.

¹ sn The high priest’s family. This family controlled the high priesthood as far back as a.d. 6. Annas, Caiaphas, and Alexander were all high priests at one time (though Alexander held that office after this event).

¹ tn Or “household.” The Greek work οἰκία (oikia) can denote the family as consisting of relatives by both descent and marriage, as well as slaves and servants, living in the same house (more the concept of an “extended family”).

¹ tn The verb עָכַר (ʿakhar, “to trouble”) refers to actions which make life difficult for one’s family (BDB 747 s.v.). He will be cut out of the family inheritance.

⁴ tn The tribe (מַטֶּה, matteh or שֵׁבֶט, shevet) is the main category. The family groups or clans (מִשְׁפְּחֹת, mishp^ekhot) and the households or families (בֵּית אֲבֹת, bet ʾavot) were sub-divisions of the tribe.

⁴ sn For a discussion of the cultural background of the daughters’ desire to preserve our family line see F. C. Fensham, “The Obliteration of the Family as Motif in the Near Eastern Literature,” AION 10 (1969): 191-99.

⁴ sn Paul’s reference to being born a citizen suggests he inherited his Roman citizenship from his family.

¹ tn BDAG 194 s.v. γένος 2. gives “family, relatives” here; another alternative is “race” (see v. 19).

⁴ sn Zacchaeus was personally affirmed by Jesus as a descendant (son) of Abraham and a member of God’s family.

¹ tn This figurative use operates on a relative scale. God is to be loved more than family or self.

¹ sn This group probably includes outside or even professional mourners, not just family, because a large group seems to be present.

² sn This group probably includes outside or even professional mourners, not just family, because a large group seems to be present.

⁴ tc The LXX specifies only the two overseers, together with their families, as those who were cast into the lions’ den.

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the member of the royal family, v. 13) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² sn The expression build houses may mean “establish families” (Deut 25:9; Ruth 4:11; Prov 24:27).

² tn Heb “his house.” The term בֵּית (bet, “house”) is a synecdoche of container (= house) for its contents (= family, household).

³ tn Heb “brothers,” although not limited to male siblings only. Cf. NRSV, CEV “in a family”; TEV “among friends.”

¹ tn Heb “the fathers [i.e., families] of the head [i.e., oldest] just like his youngest brother.”