Footnotes

1. Genesis 32:16 tn Heb “and he put them in the hand of.”
2. Genesis 32:16 tn Heb “a herd, a herd, by itself,” or “each herd by itself.” The distributive sense is expressed by repetition.
3. Genesis 32:17 tn Heb “the first”; this has been specified as “the servant leading the first herd” in the translation for clarity.
4. Genesis 32:17 tn Heb “to whom are you?”
5. Genesis 32:17 tn Heb “and to whom are these before you?”
6. Genesis 32:18 tn The form is the perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive; it has the nuance of an imperfect of instruction.
7. Genesis 32:18 tn The words “they belong” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
8. Genesis 32:18 tn Heb “to your servant, to Jacob.”
9. Genesis 32:18 tn Heb “to my lord, to Esau.”
10. Genesis 32:18 tn Heb “and look, also he [is] behind us.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.