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BDB

Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Clarendon Press: Oxford, originally published 1907, reprinted with corrections 1953). ISBN 0198643012. I am using an electronic version.
DOTP T. Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker, Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (InterVarsity Press, 2003). ISBN 0830817816.
Hamilton Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis, Chapters 1-17 (New International Commentary on the Old Testament; Eerdmans, 1990; ISBN 0802823084) and Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis, Chapters 18-50 (New International Commentary on the Old Testament; Eerdmans, 1995; ISBN 0802823092)
Holladay William L. Holladay, A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament based on the Lexical work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumbartner (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans / Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1988). ISBN 0802834132

ISBE

 Geoffrey W. Bromiley (general editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 1979-1988; fully revised from the 1915 edition). ISBN: 0802837859.

Kidner

Derek Kidner, Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries; InterVarsity Press, 1968). ISBN: 0877842515
KJV

King James Version (Authorized Version, 1611)
NASB New American Standard Bible
NIV New International Version (International Bible Society, 1973, 1978)
NRSV New Revised Standard Version (Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ USA, 1989)
TWOT R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, editors), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (2 volumes, Moody Press, 1980. ISBN: 0802486312

Discipleship Lessons from the Life of Jacob the Patriarch (Genesis 25-49)

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