24 She named him Joseph:[a] “May the Lord add another son to me.”(A)

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  1. Genesis 30:24 = He Adds

24 She named him Joseph,[a](A) and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”(B)

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  1. Genesis 30:24 Joseph means may he add.

19 He purchased a section of the field where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for 100 qesitahs.[a](A)

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  1. Genesis 33:19 The value of this currency is unknown.

19 For a hundred pieces of silver,[a] he bought from the sons of Hamor,(A) the father of Shechem,(B) the plot of ground(C) where he pitched his tent.(D)

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  1. Genesis 33:19 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.

22 Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope[a] that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.”(A)

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  1. Genesis 48:22 Or Shechem, Joseph’s burial place; lit one shoulder

22 And to you I give one more ridge of land[a](A) than to your brothers,(B) the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword(C) and my bow.”

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  1. Genesis 48:22 The Hebrew for ridge of land is identical with the place name Shechem.

22 Joseph is a fruitful vine,
a fruitful vine beside a spring;
its branches[a] climb over the wall.[b]

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  1. Genesis 49:22 Lit daughters
  2. Genesis 49:22 Hb obscure

22 “Joseph(A) is a fruitful vine,(B)
    a fruitful vine near a spring,
    whose branches(C) climb over a wall.[a]

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  1. Genesis 49:22 Or Joseph is a wild colt, / a wild colt near a spring, / a wild donkey on a terraced hill