Kejadian 27:38

27:38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” ¹  Then Esau wept loudly. ² 

Kejadian 31:1

Jacob’s Flight from Laban

31:1 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining, ³  “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich ⁴  at our father’s expense!” ⁵ 

Kejadian 31:35

31:35 Rachel ⁶  said to her father, “Don’t be angry, ⁷  my lord. I cannot stand up ⁸  in your presence because I am having my period.” ⁹  So he searched thoroughly, ¹⁰  but did not find the idols.

Kejadian 42:13

42:13 They replied, “Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. ¹¹  We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, ¹²  and one is no longer alive.” ¹³ 

Kejadian 44:34

44:34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see ¹⁴  my father’s pain.” ¹⁵ 

Kejadian 48:17

48:17 When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him. ¹⁶  So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

[27:38]  ¹ tn Heb “Bless me, me also, my father.” The words “my father” have not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[27:38]  ² tn Heb “and Esau lifted his voice and wept.”

[31:1]  ³ tn Heb “and he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying.”

[31:1]  ⁴ sn The Hebrew word translated “gotten rich” (כָּבוֹד, cavod) has the basic idea of “weight.” If one is heavy with possessions, then that one is wealthy (13:2). Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph all became wealthy when they left the promised land. Jacob’s wealth foreshadows what will happen to Israel when they leave the land of Egypt (Exod 12:35-38).

[31:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and from that which belonged to our father he has gained all this wealth.”

[31:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “she”; the referent (Rachel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[31:35]  ⁷ tn Heb “let it not be hot in the eyes of my lord.” This idiom refers to anger, in this case as a result of Rachel’s failure to stand in the presence of her father as a sign of respect.

[31:35]  ⁸ tn Heb “I am unable to rise.”

[31:35]  ⁹ tn Heb “the way of women is to me.” This idiom refers to a woman’s menstrual period.

[31:35]  ¹⁰ tn The word “thoroughly” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

[42:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “twelve [were] your servants, brothers [are] we.”

[42:13]  ¹² tn Heb “today.”

[42:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “and the one is not.”

[44:34]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew text has “lest I see,” which expresses a negative purpose – “I cannot go up lest I see.”

[44:34]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the calamity which would find my father.”

[48:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “it was bad in his eyes.”