WEB Bible Footnotes

Genesis

Gen. 1:1

1) After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet). Compare this with the "Alpha and Omega" (first and last letters of the Greek alphabet) mentioned in Revelation 21:6

Gen. 16:14

1) Beer-lahai-roi means "well of the one who lives and sees me."

Gen. 17:19

1) Isaac means "he laughs."

Gen. 19:22

1) Zoar means "little."

Gen. 21:3

1) Isaac means "He laughs."

Gen. 21:31

1) Beersheba can mean "well of the oath" or "well of seven."

Gen. 22:14

1) "Yahweh-jireh" means "Yahweh is my provider."

Gen. 26:33

1) Shibah means "oath" or "seven."

Gen. 26:33

2) Beersheba means "well of the oath" or "well of the seven"

Gen. 30:24

1) Joseph means "may he add."

Gen. 31:19

1) teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.

Gen. 32:30

1) Peniel means "face of God."

Gen. 32:31

1) Actually Penuel, a variant of Peniel.

Gen. 33:17

1) succoth means shelters or booths.

Gen. 33:20

1) El-Elohe-Israel means "God, the God of Israel" or "The God of Israel is mighty."

Gen. 34:17

1) Hebrew has, literally, "sister"

Gen. 38:29

1) Perez means "breaking out."

Gen. 38:30

1) Zerah means "scarlet" or "brightness."