Kejadian 13:2

13:2 (Now Abram was very wealthy ¹  in livestock, silver, and gold.) ² 

Kejadian 49:25

49:25 because of the God of your father,

who will help you, ³ 

because of the sovereign God, ⁴ 

who will bless you ⁵ 

with blessings from the sky above,

blessings from the deep that lies below,

and blessings of the breasts and womb. ⁶ 

Ulangan 8:18

8:18 You must remember the Lord your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, ⁷  even as he has to this day.

[13:2]  ¹ tn Heb “heavy.”

[13:2]  ² tn This parenthetical clause, introduced by the vav (ו) disjunctive (translated “now”), provides information necessary to the point of the story.

[49:25]  ³ tn Heb “and he will help you.”

[49:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “Shaddai.” See the note on the title “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1. The preposition אֵת (’et) in the Hebrew text should probably be emended to אֵל (’el, “God”).

[49:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he will bless you.”

[49:25]  ⁶ sn Jacob envisions God imparting both agricultural (blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below) and human fertility (blessings of the breasts and womb) to Joseph and his family.

[8:18]  ⁷ tc Smr and Lucian add “Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” the standard way of rendering this almost stereotypical formula (cf. Deut 1:8; 6:10; 9:5, 27; 29:13; 30:20; 34:4). The MT’s harder reading presumptively argues for its originality, however.