The Living Bible (502 page)
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15:18
Wadi-el-Arish,
literally, “River of Egypt,” at the southern border of Judah.
16:5
May the Lord judge you for doing this to me,
literally, “Let the Lord judge between me and you.”
16:13
Thereafter,
implied.
17:17
inside he was laughing in disbelief,
implied.
18:6
pancakes,
probably some sort of tortilla.
18:10
Next year,
literally, “When life would be due.”
21:9
teasing,
or “mocking,” whether in innocent fun or otherwise is not clear in the text.
22:1
faith and obedience,
implied.
22:18
your offspring,
or “your seed.”
24:9
the servant vowed,
literally, “the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him that.”
24:15-16
a beautiful young girl,
literally, “a virgin.”
the son of Nahor,
Abraham’s brother.
24:21
to see if she would finish the job,
implied.
24:22
gold earring,
literally, “nose-ring.”
24:28
the girl ran home to tell her folks.
Doubtless to tell them that a messenger had arrived from her great-uncle.
24:31
friend,
literally, “blessed of Jehovah.”
24:37
local girls,
literally, “daughters of the Canaanites.”
24:38
to his brother’s family,
literally, “to my father’s house.”
24:48
a girl from the family of my master’s brother,
literally, “my master’s brother’s daughter.”
24:65
It is my master’s son,
literally, “It is my master.”
25:4
Midian’s sons were . . . and Eldaah.
The text adds, “All these were the children of Keturah.”
25:17
and joined his ancestors,
literally, “and was gathered to his people.”
25:21
even after many years of marriage,
implied in vv. 20 and 26.
25:25
Esau
sounds a little like the Hebrew word for “hair.”
25:34
indifferent to the loss of the rights he had thrown away,
literally, “thus did Esau consider his birthright to be of no value.”
26:20
The Well of Argument,
i.e., Esek.
26:21
The Well of Anger,
i.e., Sitnah.
26:22
The Well of Room Enough for Us at Last,
i.e., Rehoboth.
26:33
The Well of the Oath,
i.e., Shibah.
Oath,
i.e., Beer-sheba.
27:2-4
that belong to you, my firstborn son,
implied.
27:8-10
instead of Esau,
implied.
27:11-12
He won’t be fooled that easily,
implied.
27:36
The Cheater.
Jacob
means “Cheater.”
27:38
Isaac says nothing.
This appears in some versions, not in others.
28:2
your grandfather,
literally, “your mother’s father.”
your Uncle,
literally, “your mother’s brother.”
28:12
a staircase,
literally, “a ladder.”
28:19
of the nearest village,
literally, “of the city.”
29:26
Laban replied smoothly,
implied from context.
30:6
Dan (meaning “Justice”).
The meaning is not of the actual Hebrew name, but of a Hebrew word sounding like the name. The name given is a Hebrew pun. An example in English might be, “Because of the large hospital bill the child was named ‘Bill.’”
30:14
mandrakes,
a leafy plant eaten by peasant women who supposed this would aid them in becoming pregnant.
30:27
a fortune-teller that I consulted,
literally, “I have learned by divination.”
31:12
and told me that I should mate the white female goats with streaked, speckled, and mottled male goats,
implied; literally, “notice that all the mating males are speckled, streaked, and mottled.”
31:35
but I’m having my monthly period,
implied; literally, “The manner of women is upon me.” She was pregnant with Benjamin, but was falsely claiming her menstrual period, which, under the later Mosaic law, caused ceremonial defilement of all that she sat upon. See Leviticus 15.
31:39
stolen . . . whether I could help it or not,
literally, “stolen by day or by night.”
31:47-48
if either of us trespasses across this line,
implied.
32:1-2
So Jacob and his household,
implied.
God’s territory,
literally, “Two encampments.”
32:10
left home,
literally, “passed over this Jordan.”
32:22-24
and wakened,
implied.
33:10
I was as frightened of you as though approaching God,
literally, “forasmuch as I have seen your face as one sees the face of God.”
33:13
as you can see,
implied.
34:20
appeared before the city council,
literally, “came into the gate of their city.”
35:7
the God who met me here at Bethel,
literally, “the God of Bethel.”
35:8
Soon after this,
implied.
36:2-3
Basemath (his cousin,
implied; literally, Basemath “the daughter of Ishmael.”
36:15-16
grandchildren,
implied.
36:28-30
See vv. 20-21.
36:31-39
succeeded by,
more literally, “succeeded at his death by.”
from the city,
implied.
37:3
a brightly colored coat,
more literally, “an ornamented tunic” or “long-sleeved tunic.”
37:28
traders,
literally, “Midianites.”
37:29
who was away when the traders came by,
implied.
38:9
although he married her,
implied.
he spilled the sperm on the bed,
literally, “spilled it on the ground.”
39:12
sleeve.
The Hebrew word is not specific.
41:34-35
Let Pharaoh divide Egypt into five administrative districts,
or “Let Pharaoh appoint officials to collect a fifth of all the crops.”
41:45
He has the godlike power of life and death,
or “God (or Pharaoh) says, ‘He is living.’”
he gave him a wife, a . . . daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis.
Joseph married into a family of high nobility, for his father-in-law was a major priest and politician of that time.
42:3
ten older,
implied.
42:4
as it had to his brother Joseph,
implied.
42:14
What does that prove?
literally, “It is as I said: you are spies.”
42:19
I’m going to take a chance that you are honorable,
literally, “if you are forthright men.”
43:29
his brother Benjamin,
literally, “his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son.”
44:1
When his brothers were ready to leave,
implied.
48:7
after only two children,
implied.
49:7
I will scatter their descendants throughout Israel.
That is, the tribes of Simeon and Levi were not given land holdings, as were their brother tribes.
49:10
until Shiloh comes
means also “until he comes to whom it belongs.”
49:11
washed his clothes in wine,
showing wealth and extravagance.
50:10
Atad,
located just west of the Jordan River, near Jericho.
1:8
eventually, a new king came,
implied. This incident occurred about four hundred years after Joseph’s death.
who felt no obligation to the descendants of Joseph,
literally, “who did not know Joseph.”