Numbers 1:18
New English Translation
18 and they assembled the entire community together on the first day of the second month.[a] Then the people recorded their ancestry[b] by their clans and families, and the men who were twenty years old or older were listed[c] by name individually,
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- Numbers 1:18 tc The LXX adds “of the second year.”
- Numbers 1:18 tn The verb is the Hitpael preterite form וַיִּתְיַלְדוּ (vayyityaledu). The cognate noun תּוֹלְדוֹת (toledot) is the word that means “genealogies, family records, records of ancestry.” The root is יָלַד (yalad, “to bear, give birth to”). Here they were recording their family connections, and not, of course, producing children. The verbal stem seems to be both declarative and reflexive.
- Numbers 1:18 tn The verb is supplied. The Hebrew text simply has “in/with the number of names of those who are twenty years old and higher according to their skulls.”
2 Chronicles 12:15
New English Translation
15 The events of Rehoboam’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded[a] in the Annals of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer that include genealogical records. There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
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- 2 Chronicles 12:15 tn Heb “As for the events of Rehoboam, the former and the latter, are they not written?”
Nehemiah 7:5
New English Translation
5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders,[a] the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records[b] of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record:[c]
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- Nehemiah 7:5 tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”
- Nehemiah 7:5 tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”
- Nehemiah 7:5 tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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