Kejadian 42:22
Konteks42:22 Reuben said to them, “Didn’t I say to you, ‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!” 1
Kejadian 50:15
Konteks50:15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay 2 us in full 3 for all the harm 4 we did to him?”
[42:22] 1 tn Heb “and also his blood, look, it is required.” God requires compensation, as it were, from those who shed innocent blood (see Gen 9:6). In other words, God exacts punishment for the crime of murder.
[50:15] 2 tn The imperfect tense could be a simple future; it could also have a desiderative nuance.
[50:15] 3 tn The infinitive absolute makes the statement emphatic, “repay in full.”