THE HOLY BIBLE (Darby Translation) Darby's Notes on Genesis

1:1a God: Heb. Elohim, the plural of Eloah, 'the Supreme'. It is Deity in the absolute sense. Elohim will, in the text, appear only in the name of Jehovah Elohim; moreover, when Elohim following immediately on Jehovah has a grammatical adjunct, its place will be taken by the English word 'God': see Gen. 9:26 and 24:7. Other Hebrew divine names translated as 'God' will be indicated as follows: Eloah +God; El, (meaning 'The Mighty,' see Gen. 14:18), ùGod. For the meaning of Jehovah, (Heb. Yahveh, or Yehveh), the ever-existing One, see Ex. 3:14 ,15; Isa. 40:28. For Jah, the existing One objectively, see Ex. 15:2; Ps. 68:4. The name seems to express absolute rather than continuous existence. For Adonai (a name of God, not merely a title), translated 'Lord', see Ezek. 2:4.
1:2b waste: See Isa. 34:11; 45:18.
1:5c day: Or 'one day.'
1:14d, 1:15d, 1:16d lights, 1:16d light: Lit. 'light-bearers.'
1:17e set: Lit. 'gave.'
1:20a in: Lit. 'on the face of.'
1:21b monsters: The word applies to rivers as well as to the sea, and is also used for crocodiles, serpents: see Ex. 7:9.
1:26c man: Or 'men,' 'mankind:' adam, earthy.
1:27d Man: The Adam, Man, as a race. It will be spelled with a capital, to avoid repetition of the note.
1:28e moveth: Or 'creepeth;' and so elsewhere. Ch. 8:17, 19.
2:3f it: Lit. 'created to make.'
2:4g histories: Lit. 'generations:' the word implies 'origin' and occurs in chs. 5:1; 6:9; 10:1, 32; 11:10, 27; 25:12, 13, 19; 36:1, 9; 37:2.
2:4h Elohim: See ch. 1:1.
2:5i grew: Or 'no shrub ... was yet in the earth and no herb ... had yet grown.'
2:8a Eden: Pleasure.
2:10b streams: Lit. 'heads.'
2:12c bdellium: A fragrant resin: as generally understood.
2:12d onyx: Or 'beryl.'
2:14e Hiddekel: i.e. Tigris.
2:14f Asshur: Or 'flows before Assyria.'
2:16g eat: Lit. 'eating thou shalt eat:' an idiom constantly occurring, as again in ver. 17, 'dying thou shalt die.'
2:18h, 2:20h like: Or 'counterpart.'
2:23i Woman: Ishshah.
2:23k man: Ish: so husband ch. 3:6, 16.
2:24l flesh: Lit. 'to one flesh.'
2:25m Man: Or 'the man;' so chs. 3:20; 4:1
3:5a but: Or 'for.'
3:5b God: Or 'as gods.'
3:20c Eve: Life.
4:1a Cain: Acquisition.
4:2b Abel: Heb. Hebel, a breath (Job 7:16); or 'vanity' (Ps. 144:4).
4:2c shepherd: Lit. 'herdsman of small cattle.'
4:2d husbandman: Lit. 'worked the ground.'
4:3e time: Lit. 'at the end of days.'
4:3f offering: Lit. 'gift,' minchah: so vers. 4, 5; elsewhere translated 'oblation.' See Lev. 2:1.
4:7g confidence: See Job 11:15. Or possibly, 'shalt thou not be accepted.' But I should question 'accepted,' the rather as nasa is used for it here. Lit. 'is there not a lifting up?'
4:7h sin: Or 'a sin-offering,' Heb. chattath the word having both senses: see Note b Lev. 5:1. Also 'punishment:' see Note Zech. 14:19.
4:13i borne: Or 'Mine iniquity (Heb.gahvon) is too great to be forgiven.' See Note Lam. 4:6.
4:15k smite: Or 'strike.'
4:16l Nod: Flight, wandering: see ver. 12, where it is translated 'fugitive.'
4:22a of: Or 'the instructor of every worker in.'
4:22b brass: Or 'bronze:' so always.
4:22c Naamah: Charming.
4:23d bruise: Or 'to my wounding,' 'to my bruising.'
4:25e Seth: Appointed.
4:26f Enosh: Man, as weak, mortal, Ps. 8:4; 103:15.
4:26g on: Or 'to call themselves by,' but see chs. 12:8; 13:4; 21:33; 26:25.
5:1h generations: Or 'history:' see ch. 2:4.
5:2i Adam: 'Man,' see Note, ch. 1:27.
5:18k Enoch: Disciplined, or devoted.
5:29a Noah: Repose.
5:32b Shem: Name, renown.
5:32c Ham: Black.
5:32d Japheth: Spreading, enlargement.
6:1e mankind: Or 'Man;' and so vers. 2:4, 'men.' See Note to chs. 1:27; 3:12 and cf. ch. 7:21, &c.
6:1f earth: Lit. 'ground.'
6:3g with: Or 'plead in (or amongst) men:' 'strive in.' Many read 'plead with men in their wandering (or erring), he is flesh.'
6:4h renown: Or 'the name,' i.e. who had a peculiar and known name on the earth. Heroes is Gibbor in Heb., meaning 'mighty men.'
6:5i continually: Lit. 'the whole day.'
6:7k destroy: Lit. 'blot,' or 'wipe out:' so ch. 7:4, 23.
6:9l history: Lit. 'these are the generations.' See ch. 2:4.
6:9m generations: Refers to the circle in which Noah moved i.e. his contemporaries, as ch. 7:1; and could read 'in his times.'
6:13n with: Or 'from.'
6:21a gather: Lit. 'thou shalt assemble.'
7:21a crawling, crawl: Or 'swarming ... swarm.'
7:22b life: Lit. 'breath of spirit of life.'
8:3c retiring: Lit. 'returned from the earth going and returning.'
8:8d, 8:11d low: Or 'light.'
8:19a kinds: Or 'families.'
8:21b odour: Lit. 'odour of rest.'
9:4c life: Or 'soul,' and similarly ver. 5.
9:13d set: Or 'have set.'
9:15e I: Or '... earth, and the bow ... cloud, that I.'
9:20a husbandman: Lit. 'man of the ground.'
9:26b his: Or 'their,' i.e. Shem's.
9:27c Japheth: See ch. 5:32.
9:27d his: Or 'their,' i.e. Japheth's.
10:2e Madai: Media, or Medes.
10:5f of: Lit. 'were separated.'
10:6g Cush: These names are given later to countries, i.e. Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya.
10:8h Nimrod: Rebel.
10:10i Babel: See 2Kings 17:24.
10:11k out: Or 'he went to.'
10:11l Asshur: Assyria: so ver. 22.
10:19a, 10:30a goes: Lit. 'thou goest.'
10:22b Aram: Syria.
10:25c Peleg: Division.
11:1d had: Lit. 'was.'
11:1e, 11:6e, 11:7e, 11:9e language, 11:7e speech: Lit. 'lip.'
11:2f from: Or 'started for.' Lit. 'pulled up their tent-pegs.'
11:3g thoroughly: Lit. 'burn them to burning.'
11:4h top: or 'head.'
11:9i Babel: Confusion.
11:26a Abram: High father.
11:27b Lot: Veil.
11:28c Chaldeans: Or 'in Chaldea.'
11:29d Sarai: My princess.
12:5e obtained: Lit. 'made.'
12:6f oak: Or 'plain.'
12:8a west: Lit 'the sea.'
12:9b, 13:1b south: Negeb, 'south country:' name for the region of Canaan (Judah) bordering on the desert.
12:11c now: Lit. 'Behold, I pray thee.'
12:15d Pharaoh: See ch. 37:36.
13:8e brethren: Lit. 'men, brethren.'
13:10a plain: 'Circle:' used for the plain at the mouth of the Jordan, most of which was afterwards covered by the Salt sea. Ch. 14:3.
13:10b Sodom: Burning.
13:10c Gomorrah: Submersion.
13:10d Zoar: Zor, or Zar, in Egypt: not Bela, ch. 14:2, 8.
14:1e nations: Or 'Goim.'
14:5f Shaveh-Kirjathaim: Or 'in the plain of Kirjathaim.'
14:6g El-Paran: Or 'to the terebinth of Paran.'
14:10h pits: Or 'wells.'
14:10i kings: Lit. 'the king.'
14:13a Hebrew: Most explain, from across the Euphrates; but it might be derived from Eber. See ch. 10:21.
14:13b allies: Lit 'masters of covenant.'
14:18c Melchisedec: King of righteousness.
14:18d, 14:19d, 14:20d, 14:22d ùGod: El Elyon. El itself means 'The Mighty;' Elyon is habitually represented by 'Most High.' See Note to Gen. 1:1 also Deut. 32:8.
15:2e Lord: Adonai, plural of Adon. 'Lord' will usually represent this word.
15:2f go: Or 'depart.'
15:2g steward: Lit. 'son of possession.'
15:2h Eliezer: El is my help.
15:3i house: i.e. one of his domestics.
15:4k body: Lit 'bowels.'
15:6l as: See Note, Rom. 4:3.
15:7m Chaldeans: Or 'Ur in Chaldea.'
15:13a serve: Or 'be in bondage to:' so always of men.
15:17b that: Or 'gone down, it was dark, and.'
15:18c made: Lit. 'cut,' the regular idiom.
15:18d river: Some read 'torrent.'
16:1e Hagar: Flight.
16:11a Ishmael: El hears.
16:13b himself: Lit. 'of the being seen,' or 'of the vision.'
16:14c Beer-lahai-roi: Well of the Living who was seen (or 'who reveals himself').
17:1d Almighty: Shaddai plural of Shad, power. Isa. 13:6; Joel 1:15 may give its force. 'Almighty' will always represent Shaddai; 'the Almighty God' is El Shaddai.
17:4e I: Others, 'As for me.'
17:5f Abram: See ch. 11:26.
17:5g Abraham: Father of a multitude.
17:12h stranger: Or 'foreigner.' so ver. 27; Ex. 12:43; Lev. 22:25, &c.
17:15i Sarah: Princess.
17:19a Isaac: Laughter.
18:2b standing: Lit. 'stationed themselves' as ch. 28:13; Ex. 17:9; not simply 'standing' as ch. 19:27 (see Note, John 1:26).
18:5c yourselves: Lit. 'strengthen your heart.'
18:10d year: Lit. 'of life.'
18:11a age: Lit. 'days:' so ch. 24:1.
18:19b will: Or 'I have known him, in order that he may.'
19:2a place: i.e. the ground before the city-gates.
19:4b quarter: Lit. 'from the end,' with the force of 'to the end,' 'extremity;' see ch. 47:2, 21.
19:9c be: The force is, 'again and again:' see ch. 31:15.
19:14d married: Or 'were to marry;' lit. 'the takers of.'
19:15e present: Lit. 'are found.'
19:15f iniquity: Or 'punishment.' See Zech. 14:19.
19:17g plain: See ch. 13:10.
19:19h goodness: Chesed: see 2Chron. 6:42.
19:22a Zoar: Small.
19:37b Moab: From the father.
19:38c Ben-ammi: Son of my people.
20:16a reproved: Or 'the matter has been set right,' or 'thou art set right' -- each of these senses is possible.
21:3b Isaac: See ch. 17:19.
21:6c with: Or 'on account of.'
21:23a not: Lit. 'If thou shalt,' a strong Hebrew expression meaning 'Thou shalt not.'
21:31b Beer-sheba: Well of the oath, or seven: see ch. 26:33.
21:33a tamarisk: Or 'a grove.'
21:33b ùGod: El Olam see Isa. 40:28; Dan. 12:7; Mic. 5:2.
22:1c tried: Or 'tested.'
22:5d worship: Lit. 'bow down:' so always.
22:5e come: Lit. 'we will come.' See Heb. 11:19.
22:8f sheep: See Note, Ex. 12:3.
22:14g Jehovah-jireh: Jehovah will provide.
22:16h saith: The Hebrew word introduces an oracular discourse; cf. Num. 24:3, 4, 15, 16. As 'He hath said,' Jer. 23:31.
22:18i themselves: Or 'shall be blessed:' so ch. 26:4.
23:4a sojourner: Or 'settler.'
23:10b dwelling: Or 'sitting.'
23:13c for: Lit. 'of.'
24:7a nativity: Or 'kindred.' as ver. 4.
24:10b Aram-naharaim: Syria of the two rivers.
24:13c stand: Same as word in ch. 18:2.
24:14d hereby: Or 'by her.'
24:15e Rebecca: Noose, i.e. captivating.
24:22a ring: Nose-ring: see ver. 47; elsewhere also 'earring,' as ch. 35:4.
24:22b shekel: Beka, as Ex. 38:26.
24:27c faithfulness: Lit. 'truth' and so ch. 32:10.
24:33d known: Lit. 'told.'
24:38e means: A strong obligation by oath, as Num. 14:28.
24:41f oath: An oath with imprecation, as ch. 26:28.
24:43a stand: Same as ver. 13.
24:48b way: Lit. 'in a way of truth.'
24:62c from: Lit. 'came from coming to.'
24:62d Beer-lahai-roi: See ch. 16:14.
25:15a Hadad: Or 'Hadar.'
25:18b settled: Or 'died.' Lit. 'fell;' and see ch. 16:12.
25:20c Syrian: Or 'Aramean:' so always.
25:23a peoples: Leummim; see Ps. 2:2.
25:25b Esau: Covered with hair.
25:26c Jacob: Heel-holder, or supplanter.
25:28d taste: Lit. 'in his mouth.'
25:30e Edom: Red.
25:31f, 25:33f now: Or, 'first.'
26:4g themselves: Or 'be blessed,' see ch. 22:18.
26:8h time: Lit. 'when the days there were prolonged to him.'
26:12a received: Lit. 'found.'
26:15b earth: Lit. 'dust.'
26:17c valley: Elsewhere 'torrent;' it is a valley in which a torrent runs: see ch. 32:23.
26:19d springing: Lit.'living.'
26:20e Esek: Quarrel.
26:21f Sitnah: Opposition.
26:22g Rehoboth: Broadways.
26:28h oath: As ch. 24:41.
26:29i that: Lit. 'if:' see ch. 21:23.
26:33a Shebah: Oath.
26:34b wives: Lit. 'wife.'
26:35c mind: Lit. 'bitterness of spirit.'
27:20d God: See ch. 1:1.
27:36a Jacob: See ch. 25:26.
27:39b of: Some translate 'without.'
27:40c rovest: Or 'hast acquired rule.'
27:42a himself: See Isa. 1:24: 'ease me.'
28:3b company: Lit. 'congregation;' and so chs. 35:11; 48:4. See Ex. 12:6.
28:13c stood: Same word as ch. 18:2.
28:19a Beth-el: House of God.
28:21b God: Lit. 'Jehovah shall be to me for God.'
29:1c journey: Lit. 'lifted up his feet.'
29:6d well: Lit. 'Has he peace?'
29:6e well: Lit. 'Peace.'
29:7f high: Lit. 'great.'
29:14a time: Lit. 'a month of days.'
29:16b Leah: Weariness.
29:16c Rachel: Ewe.
29:30d him: Or 'served him.'
29:32e Reuben: See! a son.
29:33f Simeon: Hearing.
29:34g Levi: United.
29:35h Judah: Praise.
30:6a Dan: Judge.
30:8b Naphtali: My wrestling.
30:11c Gad: Fortune.
30:13d Asher: Happy, blessed.
30:18e Issachar: There is hire.
30:20f Zebulun: Dwelling.
30:21g Dinah: Connected in meaning with Dan.
30:24h Joseph: He will add.
30:27i discovered: Lit. 'divined,' or 'forecast.'
30:33a hereafter: Lit. 'on the day of to-morrow.'
30:33b face: Or 'for it will come before thee with my wages.'
30:37c maple: Or 'plane-tree.'
31:2d, 31:5d previously: Lit. 'yesterday and the day before;' and so often.
31:3e kindred: Or 'birthplace:' see ch. 24:4, 7.
31:19a teraphim: Household images.
31:20b deceived: Lit. 'stole the heart of:' so ver. 26.
31:29c hand: Lit. 'my hand is as (serves for) God (El).'
31:40a me: Lit. 'Thus I was.'
31:42b judged: Or 'rebuked thee.'
31:47c Jegar-sahadutha, Galeed: The one is Aramaic, the other Hebrew: both meaning, 'Heap of witness.'
31:49d Mizpah: Watch-tower.
31:54a bread: See Deut. 33:19.
32:2b Mahanaim: Two camps: see Cant. 6:13.
32:7c, 32:10c troops: Lit. 'camps:' see v. 2.
32:8d escape: Lit. 'be for escape.'
32:10e for: Lit. 'smaller than.'
32:10f faithfulness: Lit. 'truth.'
32:13g came: Or 'had come.'
32:20a me: Lit. 'lift up my face.'
32:23b river: Or 'torrent.'
32:25c, 32:32c joint: The hollow of the joint.
32:28d Israel: Wrestler, or prince of God.
32:28e wrestled: Some, 'acted as a prince.'
32:29f askest: Or 'why askest thou thus.'
32:30g Peniel: Face of God.
33:14a cattle: Strictly 'goods:' see Ex. 22:8, 11.
33:17b Succoth: Booths, or huts.
33:18c safely: Or 'to Shalem.'
33:19d portion: Or 'allotment.'
33:19e kesitahs: Kesitah, a weight of precious metal. Supposed value about four shekels.
33:20f El-Elohe-Israel: ùGod, the ùGod of Israel.
34:3g to: Lit. 'to the heart of.'
35:7a El-beth-el: ùGod of the house of ùGod.
35:8b Allon-bachuth: Oak of weeping.
35:10c Israel: See ch. 32:28.
35:11d ùGod: El-Shaddai. See ch 17:1.
35:11e company: Or 'multitude' or 'assembly.'
35:14f up: Same Heb. word as 'standing' in ch. 18:2.
35:18g Benoni: Son of my affliction.
35:18h Benjamin: Son of the right hand.
35:21i Migdal-Eder: Tower of flocks. See Mic. 4:8.
36:15a chiefs: Heads of clans or families.
36:24a springs: Many read 'mules.'
36:39b Hadar: Or 'Hadad.'
37:2c fed: Or 'was tending.'
37:2d with: Or 'he was as a youth with.'
37:2e them: Or 'their evil discourse.'
37:3f colours: Or 'a coat with sleeves;' and so vers. 23, 32.
37:7a standing: As ch. 18:2.
37:14b welfare: Lit. 'peace.'
37:19c dreamer: Lit. 'master of dreams.'
37:25d tragacanth: A kind of gum.
37:25e ladanum: An aromatic gum.
37:35a Sheol: Sheol: the 'hades' of the New Testament: see Ps. 6:5, and Note at Matt. 11:23.
37:36b chamberlain: See 1Sam. 8:15.
37:36c Pharaoh: 'Pharaoh,' the title of the Egyptian kings.
38:18a lace: Or chain by which the signet hung from the neck: so ver. 25.
38:21b prostitute: Strictly 'a woman consecrated to the idol Astarte.'
38:29c Pherez: Breach.
38:30d Zerah: Rising (Isa. 60:3).
39:2e man: Or 'a man that caused prosperity.'
39:7a cast: Lit. 'raised.'
39:11b day: Or 'at this time.'
39:14c loud: Lit. 'great.'
40:6a sad: Or 'sullen.'
40:7b sad: Lit. 'bad.'
40:13c head: i.e. release him from the dungeon -- so 2Kings 25:27.
40:16d bread: Or 'wicker-baskets.'
41:1a years: Lit. 'two years of days.'
41:1b river: The Nile.
41:8c scribes: i.e. Hieroglyphists: versed in so-called sacred writing -- hieroglyphics.
41:36a perish: Lit. 'be not cut off.'
41:38b God: Or 'the spirit of the gods.'
41:40c commandment: Lit. 'mouth.'
41:42d byssus: Fine Egyptian cotton or linen, see Ex. 25:4 and 39:28
41:43e knee: Or 'rejoice thou.'
41:45f Zaphnath-paaneah: In Egyptian, 'Saviour of the world,' or 'Sustainer of life.' In Hebrew, 'Revealer of secrets.'
41:47a forth: Lit. 'made.'
41:51b Manasseh: Causing to forget.
41:52c Ephraim: Double fruitfulness.
41:56d earth: Or 'land.'
41:57e countries: Lit. 'the whole earth.'
42:9f places: Or 'unfortified places:' lit. 'nakedness;' and so in ver. 12.
42:16a ye: Or 'indeed, ye.'
42:17b put: Lit. 'gathered.'
42:25c, 42:27c, 42:35c sack, 42:35c sacks: Lit. 'sackcloth.'
42:27d inn: Caravanserai: so Ex. 4:24, &c.
42:27e, 42:29e sack: Or 'bag;' the other occurrences of the word in the chap. represent a different Hebrew word, relating to the material. See Note c.
42:38b Sheol: See ch. 37:35.
43:11c in: Lit. 'the celebrity of.'
43:11d tragacanth, ladanum: See ch. 37:25.
43:12e sacks: 'Bag:' same as ch. 42:27, 28, Note e; and so vers. 18, 21, 22, 23; and ch. 44:1, 2, 8, 11, 12.
43:14f away: Lit. 'return to you.'
43:16a cattle: Lit. 'slaughter a slaughtering.'
43:27b welfare: Lit. 'of peace.'
43:27c well: Lit. 'has your father peace?'
44:5a divines: See ch. 30:27.
44:7b thing: Lit. 'according to this word,' or 'thing.'
44:30a life: Or 'his soul is knit with his soul:' see 1Sam. 18:1.
44:31b Sheol: See ch. 37:35.
44:32c my: Lit. 'the.'
45:2d raised: Lit. 'gave.'
45:5e yourselves: Lit. 'let it not be an occasion of anger in your eyes.'
45:6f in: Lit. 'in the midst of.'
45:16a report: Lit. 'voice.'
45:18b good: Or 'the best,' of soil or goods.
45:21c commandment: Lit. 'mouth.'
46:27a seventy: Acts 7:14 is according to the LXX.
46:28b came: Lit. 'before him.'
46:29c while: Or 'continuously.'
46:30d Now: Lit. 'this time.'
46:32e cattle: Lit. 'are men of cattle.'
47:2a number: 'From the end:' see ch. 19:4.
47:6b activity: Or 'men of worth,' or 'valour.'
47:12c ones: Or 'according to the family.'
47:31a head: Heb. 11:21 is according to the LXX: 'the top of his staff.'
48:4b company: As ch. 28:3.
48:5a before: Lit. 'until.'
48:6b begotten: Or 'shalt beget.'
48:16c land: Or 'earth:' see Note 1Sam. 2:8 and Matt. 5:5.
48:22d tract: Heb. Shechem: as ch. 33:18.
49:4a Impetuous: In the sense of the impetuosity of lust. Lit. 'bubbling up.'
49:5b swords: The sense of the Hebrew word is doubtful.
49:6c assembly: Or 'company' as ch. 28:3.
49:6d oxen: Some read 'pulled down a wall.'
49:8e thee: Paronomasia, yehudah yoduca; Judah and praise: see ch. 29:35.
49:10f scepter: Or 'the staff of the tribe.'
49:10g lawgiver: Or 'sceptre' or 'staff of command:' see Num. 21:18.
49:10h obedience: Many take it as 'gathering.'
49:12i red: Or 'dull.'
49:14k hurdles: As 'sheepfolds,' Jud. 5:16.
49:16l judge: Paronomasia, Dan yadin; Dan and judge: see ch. 30:6.
49:19m heel: Or 'rush on them at the end.' Paronomasia; Gad gedud yegudennu; Gad and troops.
49:22a bough: Lit. 'son of a fruitful tree.'
49:22b branches: Lit. 'daughters.'
49:24c supple: Or 'strong.'
49:26d ancestors: Or 'parents.'
49:26e from: Heb.'Nazarite:' others, 'crowned among.'
50:11a Abel-Mizraim: Lamentation of the Egyptians.
50:26b coffin: Lit. 'ark.' Same word as used for the ark in Ex. 25:10 and elsewhere.

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