Kejadian 31:38

31:38 “I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.

Kejadian 32:13

32:13 Jacob ¹  stayed there that night. Then he sent ²  as a gift ³  to his brother Esau

Kejadian 35:22

35:22 While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with ⁴  Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it.

Jacob had twelve sons:

Kejadian 42:13

42:13 They replied, “Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. ⁵  We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, ⁶  and one is no longer alive.” ⁷ 

Kejadian 42:32

42:32 We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. ⁸  One is no longer alive, ⁹  and the youngest is with our father at this time ¹⁰  in the land of Canaan.’

[32:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:13]  ² tn Heb “and he took from that which was going into his hand,” meaning that he took some of what belonged to him.

[32:13]  ³ sn The Hebrew noun translated gift can in some contexts refer to the tribute paid by a subject to his lord. Such a nuance is possible here, because Jacob refers to Esau as his lord and to himself as Esau’s servant (v. 4).

[35:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Reuben went and lay with.” The expression “lay with” is a euphemism for having sexual intercourse.

[35:22]  sn Reuben’s act of having sexual relations with Bilhah probably had other purposes than merely satisfying his sexual desire. By having sex with Bilhah, Reuben (Leah’s oldest son) would have prevented Bilhah from succeeding Rachel as the favorite wife, and by sleeping with his father’s concubine he would also be attempting to take over leadership of the clan – something Absalom foolishly attempted later on in Israel’s history (2 Sam 16:21-22).

[42:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “twelve [were] your servants, brothers [are] we.”

[42:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “today.”

[42:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the one is not.”

[42:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “twelve [were] we, brothers, sons of our father [are] we.”

[42:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “the one is not.”

[42:32]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “today.”