translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: GEN

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “from the daughters of Canaan.”


text: Heb “daughter,” but see Gen 36:24-25 .


text: Heb “from before.”


text: Heb “land of their settlements.”


text: Traditionally “Mount Seir,” but in this case the expression בְּהַר שֵׂעִיר ( bÿhar se ’ ir ) refers to the hill country or highlands of Seir.


text: Or “grandsons” (NIV); “descendants” (NEB).


text: Or “clan leaders” (so also throughout this chapter).


text: Or “sons.”


label: NET textual note

text: The Samaritan Pentateuch omits the name “Korah” (see v. 11 and 1 Chr 1:36 ).


text: Heb “Hemam”; this is probably a variant spelling of “Homam” ( 1 Chr 1:39 ); cf. NRSV, NLT “Heman.”


text: This name is given as “Shephi” in 1 Chr 1:40 .


text: The meaning of this Hebrew term is uncertain; Syriac reads “water” and Vulgate reads “hot water.”


text: Heb “sons,” but since a daughter is included in the list, the word must be translated “children.”


text: Heb “Dishan,” but this must be either a scribal error or variant spelling, since “Dishan” is mentioned in v. 28 (see also v. 21 ).


text: Or perhaps “before any Israelite king ruled over [them].”


text: Typically the Hebrew expression “the River” refers to the Euphrates River, but it is not certain whether that is the case here. Among the modern English versions which take this as a reference to the Euphrates are NASB, NCV, NRSV, CEV, NLT. Cf. NAB, TEV “Rehoboth-on-the-River.”


text: Most mss of the MT read “Hadar” here; “Hadad” is the reading found in some Hebrew mss , the Samaritan Pentateuch, and Syriac (cf. also 1 Chr 1:50 ).


text: The name of the city is given as “Pai” in 1 Chr 1:50 .


text: Or perhaps “territories”; Heb “dwelling places.”