Kejadian 26:29

26:29 so that ¹  you will not do us any harm, just as we have not harmed ²  you, but have always treated you well ³  before sending you away ⁴  in peace. Now you are blessed by the Lord.” ⁵ 

Kejadian 31:42

31:42 If the God of my father – the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears ⁶  – had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, ⁷  and he rebuked you last night.”

Kejadian 42:7

42:7 When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger ⁸  to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked, “Where do you come from?” They answered, ⁹  “From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.” ¹⁰ 

Kejadian 42:38

42:38 But Jacob ¹¹  replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. ¹²  If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair ¹³  in sorrow to the grave.” ¹⁴ 

Kejadian 44:4

44:4 They had not gone very far from the city ¹⁵  when Joseph said ¹⁶  to the servant who was over his household, “Pursue the men at once! ¹⁷  When you overtake ¹⁸  them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

[26:29]  ¹ tn The oath formula is used: “if you do us harm” means “so that you will not do.”

[26:29]  ² tn Heb “touched.”

[26:29]  ³ tn Heb “and just as we have done only good with you.”

[26:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “and we sent you away.”

[26:29]  ⁵ tn The Philistine leaders are making an observation, not pronouncing a blessing, so the translation reads “you are blessed” rather than “may you be blessed” (cf. NAB).

[31:42]  ⁶ tn Heb “the fear of Isaac,” that is, the one whom Isaac feared and respected. For further discussion of this title see M. Malul, “More on pahad yitschaq (Gen. 31:42,53) and the Oath by the Thigh,” VT 35 (1985): 192-200.

[31:42]  ⁷ tn Heb “My oppression and the work of my hands God saw.”

[42:7]  ⁸ sn But pretended to be a stranger. Joseph intends to test his brothers to see if they have changed and have the integrity to be patriarchs of the tribes of Israel. He will do this by putting them in the same situations that they and he were in before. The first test will be to awaken their conscience.

[42:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “said.”

[42:7]  ¹⁰ tn The verb is denominative, meaning “to buy grain”; the word “food” could simply be the direct object, but may also be an adverbial accusative.

[42:38]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[42:38]  ¹² sn The expression he alone is left meant that (so far as Jacob knew) Benjamin was the only surviving child of his mother Rachel.

[42:38]  ¹³ sn The expression bring down my gray hair is figurative, using a part for the whole – they would put Jacob in the grave. But the gray head signifies a long life of worry and trouble.

[42:38]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to Sheol,” the dwelling place of the dead.

[44:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “they left the city, they were not far,” meaning “they had not gone very far.”

[44:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and Joseph said.” This clause, like the first one in the verse, has the subject before the verb, indicating synchronic action.

[44:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “arise, chase after the men.” The first imperative gives the command a sense of urgency.

[44:4]  ¹⁸ tn After the imperative this perfect verbal form with vav consecutive has the same nuance of instruction. In the translation it is subordinated to the verbal form that follows (also a perfect with vav consecutive): “and overtake them and say,” becomes “when you overtake them, say.”