{"id":1854,"verse_id":"GEN.35.1","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":1,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.1","text":"Heb “arise, go up.” The first imperative gives the command a sense of urgency.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A1/1"}
{"id":1855,"verse_id":"GEN.35.1","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":1,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.1","text":"For location see Map4-G4 ; Map5-C1 ; Map6-E3 ; Map7-D1 ; Map8-G3 .","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A1/2"}
{"id":1856,"verse_id":"GEN.35.2","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":2,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.2","text":"Heb “which are in your midst.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A2/1"}
{"id":1857,"verse_id":"GEN.35.3","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":3,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.3","text":"Heb “let us arise and let us go up.” The first cohortative gives the statement a sense of urgency.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A3/1"}
{"id":1858,"verse_id":"GEN.35.3","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":3,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.3","text":"The cohortative with the prefixed conjunction here indicates purpose or consequence.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A3/2"}
{"id":1859,"verse_id":"GEN.35.3","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":3,"note_index":3,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"3","reference":"35.3","text":"Heb “day of distress.” See Ps 20:1 which utilizes similar language.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A3/3"}
{"id":1860,"verse_id":"GEN.35.3","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":3,"note_index":4,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"4","reference":"35.3","text":"Heb “in the way in which I went.” Jacob alludes here to God’s promise to be with him (see Gen 28:20 ).","source_note_position":4,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A3/4"}
{"id":1861,"verse_id":"GEN.35.4","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":4,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.4","text":"Heb “in their hand.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A4/1"}
{"id":1862,"verse_id":"GEN.35.4","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":4,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"4","reference":"35.4","text":"Or “terebinth.”","source_note_position":4,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A4/4"}
{"id":1863,"verse_id":"GEN.35.5","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":5,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.5","text":"Heb “and they journeyed.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A5/1"}
{"id":1864,"verse_id":"GEN.35.5","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":5,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.5","text":"Heb “and the fear of God was upon the cities which were round about them.” The expression “fear of God” apparently refers (1) to a fear of God (objective genitive; God is the object of their fear). (2) But it could mean “fear from God,” that is, fear which God placed in them (cf. NRSV “a terror from God”). Another option (3) is that the divine name is used as a superlative here, referring to “tremendous fear” (cf. NEB “were panic-stricken”; NASB “a great terror”).","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A5/2"}
{"id":1865,"verse_id":"GEN.35.6","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":6,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.6","text":"For location see Map4-G4 ; Map5-C1 ; Map6-E3 ; Map7-D1 ; Map8-G3 .","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A6/1"}
{"id":1866,"verse_id":"GEN.35.6","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":6,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.6","text":"Heb “and Jacob came to Luz which is in the land of Canaan – it is Bethel – he and all the people who were with him.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A6/2"}
{"id":1867,"verse_id":"GEN.35.7","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":7,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.7","text":"Heb “revealed themselves.” The verb נִגְלוּ ( niglu ), translated “revealed himself,” is plural, even though one expects the singular form with the plural of majesty. Perhaps אֱלֹהִים (’ elohim ) is here a numerical plural, referring both to God and the angelic beings that appeared to Jacob. See the note on the word “know” in Gen 3:5 .","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A7/2"}
{"id":1868,"verse_id":"GEN.35.8","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":8,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.8","text":"“and he called its name.” There is no expressed subject, so the verb can be translated as passive.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A8/2"}
{"id":1869,"verse_id":"GEN.35.8","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":8,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"3","reference":"35.8","text":"Or “Allon Bacuth,” if one transliterates the Hebrew name (cf. NEB, NIV, NRSV). An oak tree was revered in the ancient world and often designated as a shrine or landmark. This one was named for the weeping (mourning) occasioned by the death of Deborah.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A8/3"}
{"id":1870,"verse_id":"GEN.35.10","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":10,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.10","text":"Heb “and he called his name Israel.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity. sn The name Israel means “God fights” (although some interpret the meaning as “he fights [with] God”). See Gen 32:28 .","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A10/1"}
{"id":1871,"verse_id":"GEN.35.11","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":11,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.11","text":"The name אֵל שַׁדַּי (’ el shadday , “El Shaddai”) has often been translated “God Almighty,” primarily because Jerome translated it omnipotens (“all powerful”) in the Latin Vulgate. There has been much debate over the meaning of the name. For discussion see W. F. Albright, “The Names Shaddai and Abram ,” JBL 54 (1935): 173-210; R. Gordis, “The Biblical Root sdy-sd ,” JTS 41 (1940): 34-43; and especially T. N. D. Mettinger, In Search of God , 69-72. Shaddai/El Shaddai is the sovereign king of the world who grants, blesses, and judges. In the Book of Genesis he blesses the patriarchs with fertility and promises numerous descendants. Outside Genesis he both blesses/protects and takes away life/happiness. The patriarchs knew God primarily as El Shaddai ( Exod 6:3 ). While the origin and meaning of this name are uncertain its significance is clear. The name is used in contexts where God appears as the source of fertility and life. For a fuller discussion see the note on “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1 .","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A11/1"}
{"id":1872,"verse_id":"GEN.35.11","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":11,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.11","text":"Heb “A nation and a company of nations will be from you and kings from your loins will come out.” sn A nation…will descend from you . The promise is rooted in the Abrahamic promise (see ). God confirms what Isaac told Jacob (see Gen 28:3-4 ). Here, though, for the first time Jacob is promised kings as descendants.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A11/2"}
{"id":1873,"verse_id":"GEN.35.12","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":12,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.12","text":"The Hebrew verb translated “gave” refers to the Abrahamic promise of the land. However, the actual possession of that land lay in the future. The decree of the Lord made it certain; but it has the sense “promised to give.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A12/1"}
{"id":1874,"verse_id":"GEN.35.12","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":12,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.12","text":"Heb “and to your offspring after you.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A12/2"}
{"id":1875,"verse_id":"GEN.35.13","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":13,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.13","text":"Heb “went up from upon him in the place.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A13/1"}
{"id":1876,"verse_id":"GEN.35.14","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":14,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.14","text":"Heb “and Jacob set up a sacred pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a sacred pillar of stone” (see the notes on the term “sacred stone” in Gen 28:18 ). This passage stands parallel to Gen 28:18-19 , where Jacob set up a sacred stone, poured oil on it, and called the place Bethel. Some commentators see these as two traditions referring to the same event, but it is more likely that Jacob reconsecrated the place in fulfillment of the vow he had made here earlier. In support of this is the fact that the present narrative alludes to and is built on the previous one.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A14/1"}
{"id":1877,"verse_id":"GEN.35.14","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":14,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.14","text":"The verb נָסַךְ ( nasakh ) means “to pour out, to make libations,” and the noun נֶסֶךְ ( nesekh ) is a “drink-offering,” usually of wine or of blood. The verb יָצַק ( yatsaq ) means “to pour out,” often of anointing oil, but of other elements as well.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A14/2"}
{"id":1878,"verse_id":"GEN.35.15","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":15,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.15","text":"The name Bethel means “house of God” in Hebrew. map For location see Map4-G4 ; Map5-C1 ; Map6-E3 ; Map7-D1 ; Map8-G3 .","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A15/2"}
{"id":1879,"verse_id":"GEN.35.16","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":16,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.16","text":"Heb “and there was still a stretch of the land to go to Ephrath.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A16/1"}
{"id":1880,"verse_id":"GEN.35.16","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":16,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.16","text":"Normally the verb would be translated “she gave birth,” but because that obviously had not happened yet, it is better to translate the verb as ingressive, “began to give birth” (cf. NIV) or “went into labor.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A16/2"}
{"id":1881,"verse_id":"GEN.35.17","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":17,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.17","text":"The construction uses a Hiphil infinitive, which E. A. Speiser classifies as an elative Hiphil. The contrast is with the previous Piel: there “she had hard labor,” and here, “her labor was at its hardest.” Failure to see this, Speiser notes, has led to redundant translations and misunderstandings ( Genesis [AB], 273).","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A17/1"}
{"id":1882,"verse_id":"GEN.35.18","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":18,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.18","text":"Heb “in the going out of her life, for she was dying.” Rachel named the child with her dying breath.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A18/1"}
{"id":1883,"verse_id":"GEN.35.18","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":18,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"3","reference":"35.18","text":"The disjunctive clause is contrastive. sn His father called him Benjamin . There was a preference for giving children good or positive names in the ancient world, and “son of my suffering” would not do (see the incident in 1 Chr 4:9-10 ), because it would be a reminder of the death of Rachel (in this connection, see also D. Daube, “The Night of Death,” HTR 61 [1968]: 629-32). So Jacob named him Benjamin , which means “son of the [or “my”] right hand.” The name Benjamin appears in the Mari texts. There have been attempts to connect this name to the resident tribe listed at Mari, “sons of the south” (since the term “right hand” can also mean “south” in Hebrew), but this assumes a different reading of the story. See J. Muilenburg, “The Birth of Benjamin,” JBL 75 (1956): 194-201.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A18/3"}
{"id":1884,"verse_id":"GEN.35.20","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":20,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.20","text":"Heb “standing stone.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A20/1"}
{"id":1885,"verse_id":"GEN.35.20","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":20,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.20","text":"Or perhaps “it is known as” (cf. NEB).","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A20/2"}
{"id":1886,"verse_id":"GEN.35.22","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":22,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.22","text":"Heb “and Reuben went and lay with.” The expression “lay with” is a euphemism for having sexual intercourse. 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 ).","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A22/1"}
{"id":1887,"verse_id":"GEN.35.27","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":27,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.27","text":"This is an adverbial accusative of location.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A27/1"}
{"id":1888,"verse_id":"GEN.35.27","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":27,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.27","text":"The name “Kiriath Arba” is in apposition to the preceding name, “Mamre.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A27/2"}
{"id":1889,"verse_id":"GEN.35.27","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":27,"note_index":3,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"3","reference":"35.27","text":"The Hebrew verb גּוּר ( gur ), traditionally rendered “to sojourn,” refers to temporary settlement without ownership rights.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A27/3"}
{"id":1890,"verse_id":"GEN.35.28","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":28,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.28","text":"Heb “And the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A28/1"}
{"id":1891,"verse_id":"GEN.35.29","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":29,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"35.29","text":"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.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A29/1"}
{"id":1892,"verse_id":"GEN.35.29","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"GEN","chapter":35,"verse":29,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"35.29","text":"Heb “old and full of years.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Genesis%2035%3A29/2"}
