Kejadian 27:41

27:41 So Esau hated ¹  Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. ²  Esau said privately, ³  “The time ⁴  of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill ⁵  my brother Jacob!”

Kejadian 41:8

41:8 In the morning he ⁶  was troubled, so he called for ⁷  all the diviner-priests ⁸  of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, ⁹  but no one could interpret ¹⁰  them for him. ¹¹ 

[27:41]  ¹ tn Or “bore a grudge against” (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV). The Hebrew verb שָׂטַם (satam) describes persistent hatred.

[27:41]  ² tn Heb “because of the blessing which his father blessed him.”

[27:41]  ³ tn Heb “said in his heart.” The expression may mean “said to himself.” Even if this is the case, v. 42 makes it clear that he must have shared his intentions with someone, because the news reached Rebekah.

[27:41]  ⁴ tn Heb “days.”

[27:41]  ⁵ tn The cohortative here expresses Esau’s determined resolve to kill Jacob.

[41:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “his spirit.”

[41:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “he sent and called,” which indicates an official summons.

[41:8]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew term חַרְטֹם (khartom) is an Egyptian loanword (hyr-tp) that describes a class of priests who were skilled in such interpretations.

[41:8]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text has the singular (though the Samaritan Pentateuch reads the plural). If retained, the singular must be collective for the set of dreams. Note the plural pronoun “them,” referring to the dreams, in the next clause. However, note that in v. 15 Pharaoh uses the singular to refer to the two dreams. In vv. 17-24 Pharaoh seems to treat the dreams as two parts of one dream (see especially v. 22).

[41:8]  ¹⁰ tn “there was no interpreter.”

[41:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for Pharaoh.” The pronoun “him” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.