Genesis 1

[BACK TO [1]] 2 Or possibly became

[BACK TO [2]] 26 Hebrew; Syriac all the wild animals

 

Genesis 2

[BACK TO [3]] 2 Or ceased; also in verse 3

[BACK TO [4]] 5 Or land; also in verse 6

[BACK TO [5]] 5 Or land; also in verse 6

[BACK TO [6]] 6 Or mist

[BACK TO [7]] 7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see Gen. 2:20).

[BACK TO [8]] 12 Or good; pearls

[BACK TO [9]] 13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia

[BACK TO [10]] 20 Or the man

[BACK TO [11]] 21 Or took part of the man’s side

[BACK TO [12]] 22 Or part

[BACK TO [13]] 23 The Hebrew for woman sounds like the Hebrew for man.

 

Genesis 3

[BACK TO [14]] 15 Or seed

[BACK TO [15]] 15 Or strike

[BACK TO [16]] 20, 1 Or The man

[BACK TO [17]] 20 Eve probably means living.

[BACK TO [18]] 24 Or placed in front

 

Genesis 4

[BACK TO [19]] 20, 1 Or The man

[BACK TO [20]] 1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for brought forth or acquired.

[BACK TO [21]] 1 Or have acquired

[BACK TO [22]] 8 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text does not have “Let’s go out to the field.”

[BACK TO [23]] 15 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew Very well

[BACK TO [24]] 16 Nod means wandering (see verses 12 and 14).

[BACK TO [25]] 22 Or who instructed all who work in

[BACK TO [26]] 23 Or I will kill

[BACK TO [27]] 25 Seth probably means granted.

[BACK TO [28]] 26 Or to proclaim

 

Genesis 5

[BACK TO [29]] 2 Hebrew adam

[BACK TO [30]] 6 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 7–26.

[BACK TO [31]] 29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort.

 

Genesis 6

[BACK TO [32]] 3 Or My spirit will not remain in

[BACK TO [33]] 3 Or corrupt

[BACK TO [34]] 14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

[BACK TO [35]] 15 Hebrew 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high (about 140 meters long, 23 meters wide and 13.5 meters high)

[BACK TO [36]] 16 Or Make an opening for light by finishing

[BACK TO [37]] 16 Hebrew a cubit (about 0.5 meter)

 

Genesis 7

[BACK TO [38]] 2 Or seven pairs; also in verse 3

[BACK TO [39]] 20 Hebrew fifteen cubits (about 6.9 meters)

[BACK TO [40]] 20 Or rose more than twenty feet, and the mountains were covered

 

Genesis 8

[BACK TO [41]] 21 Or man, for

 

Genesis 9

[BACK TO [42]] 20 Or soil, was the first

[BACK TO [43]] 26 Or be his slave

[BACK TO [44]] 27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend.

[BACK TO [45]] 27 Or their

 

Genesis 10

[BACK TO [46]] 2 Sons may mean descendants or successors or nations; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20–23, 29 and 31.

[BACK TO [47]] 4 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanim

[BACK TO [48]] 6 That is, Egypt; also in verse 13

[BACK TO [49]] 8 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.

[BACK TO [50]] 10 Or Erech and Akkad—all of them in

[BACK TO [51]] 10 That is, Babylonia

[BACK TO [52]] 11 Or Nineveh with its city squares

[BACK TO [53]] 15 Or of the Sidonians, the foremost

[BACK TO [54]] 21 Or Shem, the older brother of

[BACK TO [55]] 23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash

[BACK TO [56]] 24 Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of

[BACK TO [57]] 25 Peleg means division.

 

Genesis 11

[BACK TO [58]] 2 Or from the east; or in the east

[BACK TO [59]] 2 That is, Babylonia

[BACK TO [60]] 9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.

[BACK TO [61]] 10 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 11–25.

[BACK TO [62]] 12, 13 Hebrew; Septuagint (see also Luke 3:35, 36 and note at Gen. 10:24) 35 years, he became the father of Cainan. 13And after he became the father of Cainan, Arphaxad lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters, and then he died. When Cainan had lived 130 years, he became the father of Shelah. And after he became the father of Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other sons and daughters

 

Genesis 12

[BACK TO [63]] 7 Or seed

 

Genesis 13

[BACK TO [64]] 15 Or seed; also in verse 16

 

Genesis 14

[BACK TO [65]] 1 That is, Babylonia; also in verse 9

[BACK TO [66]] 3 That is, the Dead Sea

[BACK TO [67]] 13 Or a relative; or an ally

[BACK TO [68]] 18 That is, Jerusalem

[BACK TO [69]] 19 Or Possessor; also in verse 22

[BACK TO [70]] 20 Or And praise be to

 

Genesis 15

[BACK TO [71]] 1 Or sovereign

[BACK TO [72]] 1 Or shield; / your reward will be very great

[BACK TO [73]] 2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

[BACK TO [74]] 18 Or Wadi

 

Genesis 16

[BACK TO [75]] 11 Ishmael means God hears.

[BACK TO [76]] 12 Or live to the east / of

[BACK TO [77]] 13 Or seen the back of

[BACK TO [78]] 14 Beer Lahai Roi means well of the Living One who sees me.

 

Genesis 17

[BACK TO [79]] 1 Hebrew El-Shaddai

[BACK TO [80]] 5 Abram means exalted father.

[BACK TO [81]] 5 Abraham means father of many.

[BACK TO [82]] 19 Isaac means he laughs.

 

Genesis 18

[BACK TO [83]] 3 Or O Lord

[BACK TO [84]] 6 That is, probably about 20 quarts (about 22 liters)

[BACK TO [85]] 10 Hebrew Then he

[BACK TO [86]] 12 Or husband

[BACK TO [87]] 22 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition but the LORD remained standing before Abraham

[BACK TO [88]] 24 Or forgive; also in verse 26

[BACK TO [89]] 25 Or Ruler

 

Genesis 19

[BACK TO [90]] 14 Or were married to

[BACK TO [91]] 18 Or No, Lord; or No, my lord

[BACK TO [92]] 19 The Hebrew is singular.

[BACK TO [93]] 19 The Hebrew is singular.

[BACK TO [94]] 19 The Hebrew is singular.

[BACK TO [95]] 22 Zoar means small.

[BACK TO [96]] 37 Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from father.

[BACK TO [97]] 38 Ben-Ammi means son of my people.

 

Genesis 20

[BACK TO [98]] 16 That is, about 25 pounds (about 11.5 kilograms)

 

Genesis 21

[BACK TO [99]] 3 Isaac means he laughs.

[BACK TO [100]] 12 Or seed

[BACK TO [101]] 16 Hebrew; Septuagint the child

[BACK TO [102]] 31 Beersheba can mean well of seven or well of the oath.

 

Genesis 22

[BACK TO [103]] 13 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text a ram behind [him]

[BACK TO [104]] 18 Or seed

 

Genesis 23

[BACK TO [105]] 3 Or the sons of Heth; also in verses 5, 7, 10, 16, 18 and 20

[BACK TO [106]] 11 Or sell

[BACK TO [107]] 11 Or sell

[BACK TO [108]] 11 Or sell

[BACK TO [109]] 15 That is, about 10 pounds (about 4.5 kilograms)

 

Genesis 24

[BACK TO [110]] 2 Or oldest

[BACK TO [111]] 7 Or seed

[BACK TO [112]] 10 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

[BACK TO [113]] 22 That is, about 1/5 ounce (about 5.5 grams)

[BACK TO [114]] 22 That is, about 4 ounces (about 110 grams)

[BACK TO [115]] 36 Or his

[BACK TO [116]] 55 Or she

[BACK TO [117]] 63 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

 

Genesis 25

[BACK TO [118]] 1 Or had taken

[BACK TO [119]] 10 Or the sons of Heth

[BACK TO [120]] 18 Or lived to the east of

[BACK TO [121]] 20 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

[BACK TO [122]] 25 Esau may mean hairy; he was also called Edom, which means red.

[BACK TO [123]] 26 Jacob means he grasps the heel (figuratively, he deceives).

[BACK TO [124]] 30 Edom means red.

 

Genesis 26

[BACK TO [125]] 4 Or seed

[BACK TO [126]] 20 Esek means dispute.

[BACK TO [127]] 21 Sitnah means opposition.

[BACK TO [128]] 22 Rehoboth means room.

[BACK TO [129]] 33 Shibah can mean oath or seven.

[BACK TO [130]] 33 Beersheba can mean well of the oath or well of seven.

 

Genesis 27

[BACK TO [131]] 36 Jacob means he grasps the heel (figuratively, he deceives).

 

Genesis 28

[BACK TO [132]] 1 Or greeted

[BACK TO [133]] 2 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6 and 7

[BACK TO [134]] 3 Hebrew El-Shaddai

[BACK TO [135]] 12 Or ladder

[BACK TO [136]] 13 Or There beside him

[BACK TO [137]] 19 Bethel means house of God.

[BACK TO [138]] 20, 21 Or Since God … father’s house, the LORD

[BACK TO [139]] 21, 22 Or house, and the LORD will be my God, 22then

 

Genesis 29

[BACK TO [140]] 17 Or delicate

[BACK TO [141]] 32 Reuben sounds like the Hebrew for he has seen my misery; the name means see, a son.

[BACK TO [142]] 33 Simeon probably means one who hears.

[BACK TO [143]] 34 Levi sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for attached.

[BACK TO [144]] 35 Judah sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for praise.

 

Genesis 30

[BACK TO [145]] 6 Dan here means he has vindicated.

[BACK TO [146]] 8 Naphtali means my struggle.

[BACK TO [147]] 11 Or “A troop is coming!”

[BACK TO [148]] 11 Gad can mean good fortune or a troop.

[BACK TO [149]] 13 Asher means happy.

[BACK TO [150]] 18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.

[BACK TO [151]] 20 Zebulun probably means honor.

[BACK TO [152]] 24 Joseph means may he add.

[BACK TO [153]] 27 Or possibly have become rich and

 

Genesis 31

[BACK TO [154]] 18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

[BACK TO [155]] 21 That is, the Euphrates

[BACK TO [156]] 47 The Aramaic Jegar Sahadutha means witness heap.

[BACK TO [157]] 47 The Hebrew Galeed means witness heap.

[BACK TO [158]] 49 Mizpah means watchtower.

 

Genesis 32

[BACK TO [159]] 2 Mahanaim means two camps.

[BACK TO [160]] 7 Or camps; also in verse 10

[BACK TO [161]] 8 Or camp

[BACK TO [162]] 8 Or camp

[BACK TO [163]] 28 Israel means he struggles with God.

[BACK TO [164]] 30 Peniel means face of God.

[BACK TO [165]] 31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel

 

Genesis 33

[BACK TO [166]] 17 Succoth means shelters.

[BACK TO [167]] 18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

[BACK TO [168]] 18 Or arrived at Shalem, a

[BACK TO [169]] 19 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.

[BACK TO [170]] 20 El Elohe Israel can mean God, the God of Israel or mighty is the God of Israel.

 

Genesis 34

[BACK TO [171]] 7 Or against

[BACK TO [172]] 10 Or move about freely; also in verse 21

[BACK TO [173]] 17 Hebrew daughter

[BACK TO [174]] 27 Or because

 

Genesis 35

[BACK TO [175]] 7 El Bethel means God of Bethel.

[BACK TO [176]] 8 Allon Bacuth means oak of weeping.

[BACK TO [177]] 9 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verse 26

[BACK TO [178]] 10 Jacob means he grasps the heel (figuratively, he deceives).

[BACK TO [179]] 10 Israel means he struggles with God.

[BACK TO [180]] 11 Hebrew El-Shaddai

[BACK TO [181]] 15 Bethel means house of God.

[BACK TO [182]] 18 Ben-Oni means son of my trouble.

[BACK TO [183]] 18 Benjamin means son of my right hand.

 

Genesis 36

[BACK TO [184]] 16 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Gen. 36:11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not have Korah.

[BACK TO [185]] 22 Hebrew Hemam, a variant of Homam (see 1 Chron. 1:39)

[BACK TO [186]] 24 Vulgate; Syriac discovered water; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

[BACK TO [187]] 26 Hebrew Dishan, a variant of Dishon

[BACK TO [188]] 31 Or before an Israelite king reigned over them

[BACK TO [189]] 37 Possibly the Euphrates

[BACK TO [190]] 39 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 1:50); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Hadar

 

Genesis 37

[BACK TO [191]] 3 The meaning of the Hebrew for richly ornamented is uncertain; also in verses 23 and 32.

[BACK TO [192]] 28 That is, about 8 ounces (about 0.2 kilogram)

[BACK TO [193]] 35 Hebrew Sheol

[BACK TO [194]] 36 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also verse 28); Masoretic Text Medanites

 

Genesis 38

[BACK TO [195]] 29 Perez means breaking out.

[BACK TO [196]] 30 Zerah can mean scarlet or brightness.

 

Genesis 40

[BACK TO [197]] 16 Or three wicker baskets

[BACK TO [198]] 19 Or and impale you on a pole

[BACK TO [199]] 22, 13 Or impaled

 

Genesis 41

[BACK TO [200]] 22, 13 Or impaled

[BACK TO [201]] 38 Or of the gods

[BACK TO [202]] 43 Or in the chariot of his second-in-command; or in his second chariot

[BACK TO [203]] 43 Or Bow down

[BACK TO [204]] 45 That is, Heliopolis; also in verse 50

[BACK TO [205]] 51 Manasseh sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for forget.

[BACK TO [206]] 52 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for twice fruitful.

 

Genesis 42

[BACK TO [207]] 34 Or move about freely

[BACK TO [208]] 38 Hebrew Sheol

 

Genesis 43

[BACK TO [209]] 14 Hebrew El-Shaddai

 

Genesis 44

[BACK TO [210]] 29 Hebrew Sheol; also in verse 31

 

Genesis 45

[BACK TO [211]] 7 Or save you as a great band of survivors

[BACK TO [212]] 22 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds (about 3.5 kilograms)

 

Genesis 46

[BACK TO [213]] 13 Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Puvah

[BACK TO [214]] 13 Samaritan Pentateuch and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Num. 26:24 and 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Iob

[BACK TO [215]] 15 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

[BACK TO [216]] 16 Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Num. 26:15); Masoretic Text Ziphion

[BACK TO [217]] 20 That is, Heliopolis

[BACK TO [218]] 27 Hebrew; Septuagint the nine children

[BACK TO [219]] 27 Hebrew (see also Exodus 1:5 and footnote); Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14) seventy-five

[BACK TO [220]] 29 Hebrew around him

 

Genesis 47

[BACK TO [221]] 7 Or greeted

[BACK TO [222]] 10 Or said farewell to

[BACK TO [223]] 21 Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Vulgate); Masoretic Text and he moved the people into the cities

[BACK TO [224]] 31 Or Israel bowed down at the head of his bed

 

Genesis 48

[BACK TO [225]] 3 Hebrew El-Shaddai

[BACK TO [226]] 7 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

[BACK TO [227]] 20 The Hebrew is singular.

[BACK TO [228]] 21 The Hebrew is plural.

[BACK TO [229]] 21 The Hebrew is plural.

[BACK TO [230]] 21 The Hebrew is plural.

[BACK TO [231]] 22 Or And to you I give one portion more than to your brothers—the portion

 

Genesis 49

[BACK TO [232]] 5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

[BACK TO [233]] 8 Judah sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for praise.

[BACK TO [234]] 10 Or until Shiloh comes; or until he comes to whom tribute belongs

[BACK TO [235]] 12 Or will be dull from wine, / his teeth white from milk

[BACK TO [236]] 14 Or strong

[BACK TO [237]] 14 Or campfires

[BACK TO [238]] 16 Dan here means he provides justice.

[BACK TO [239]] 19 Gad can mean attack and band of raiders.

[BACK TO [240]] 21 Or free; / he utters beautiful words

[BACK TO [241]] 22 Or Joseph is a wild colt, / a wild colt near a spring, / a wild donkey on a terraced hill

[BACK TO [242]] 23, 24 Or archers will attack … will shoot … will remain … will stay

[BACK TO [243]] 25 Hebrew Shaddai

[BACK TO [244]] 26 Or of my progenitors, / as great as

[BACK TO [245]] 26 Or the one separated from

[BACK TO [246]] 32 Or the sons of Heth

 

Genesis 50

[BACK TO [247]] 9 Or charioteers

[BACK TO [248]] 11 Abel Mizraim means mourning of the Egyptians.

[BACK TO [249]] 23 That is, were counted as his