Kejadian 4:2

4:2 Then she gave birth ¹  to his brother Abel. ²  Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground. ³ 

Kejadian 7:9-10

7:9 male and female, came into the ark to Noah, ⁴  just as God had commanded him. ⁵  7:10 And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth. ⁶ 

Kejadian 25:3

25:3 Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. ⁷  The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.

Kejadian 32:1

Jacob Wrestles at Peniel

32:1 So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God ⁸  met him.

Kejadian 33:7

33:7 Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.

Kejadian 35:29

35:29 Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. ⁹  He died an old man who had lived a full life. ¹⁰  His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Kejadian 40:22

40:22 but the chief baker he impaled, just as Joseph had predicted. ¹¹ 

[4:2]  ¹ tn Heb “And she again gave birth.”

[4:2]  ² sn The name Abel is not defined here in the text, but the tone is ominous. Abel’s name, the Hebrew word הֶבֶל (hevel), means “breath, vapor, vanity,” foreshadowing Abel’s untimely and premature death.

[4:2]  ³ tn Heb “and Abel was a shepherd of the flock, and Cain was a worker of the ground.” The designations of the two occupations are expressed with active participles, רֹעֵה (ro’eh, “shepherd”) and עֹבֵד (’oved, “worker”). Abel is occupied with sheep, whereas Cain is living under the curse, cultivating the ground.

[7:9]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text of vv. 8-9a reads, “From the clean animal[s] and from the animal[s] which are not clean and from the bird[s] and everything that creeps on the ground, two two they came to Noah to the ark, male and female.”

[7:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “Noah”; the pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “came upon.”

[25:3]  ⁷ sn The names Sheba and Dedan appear in Gen 10:7 as descendants of Ham through Cush and Raamah. Since these two names are usually interpreted to be place names, one plausible suggestion is that some of Abraham’s descendants lived in those regions and took names linked with it.

[32:1]  ⁸ sn The phrase angels of God occurs only here and in Gen 28:12 in the OT. Jacob saw a vision of angels just before he left the promised land. Now he encounters angels as he prepares to return to it. The text does not give the details of the encounter, but Jacob’s response suggests it was amicable. This location was a spot where heaven made contact with earth, and where God made his presence known to the patriarch. See C. Houtman, “Jacob at Mahanaim: Some Remarks on Genesis XXXII 2-3,” VT 28 (1978): 37-44.

[35:29]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Isaac expired and died and he was gathered to his people.” In the ancient Israelite view he joined his deceased ancestors in Sheol, the land of the dead.

[35:29]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “old and full of years.”

[40:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “had interpreted for them.”

[40:22]  sn The dreams were fulfilled exactly as Joseph had predicted, down to the very detail. Here was confirmation that Joseph could interpret dreams and that his own dreams were still valid. It would have been a tremendous encouragement to his faith, but it would also have been a great disappointment to spend two more years in jail.