Kejadian 29:27

29:27 Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. ¹  Then we will give you the younger one ²  too, in exchange for seven more years of work.” ³ 

Kejadian 43:25

43:25 They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival ⁴  at noon, for they had heard ⁵  that they were to have a meal ⁶  there.

[29:27]  ¹ tn Heb “fulfill the period of seven of this one.” The referent of “this one” has been specified in the translation as “my older daughter” for clarity.

[29:27]  sn Bridal week. An ancient Hebrew marriage ceremony included an entire week of festivities (cf. Judg 14:12).

[29:27]  ² tn Heb “this other one.”

[29:27]  ³ tn Heb “and we will give to you also this one in exchange for labor which you will work with me, still seven other years.”

[29:27]  sn In exchange for seven more years of work. See C. H. Gordon, “The Story of Jacob and Laban in the Light of the Nuzi Tablets,” BASOR 66 (1937): 25-27; and J. Van Seters, “Jacob’s Marriages and Ancient Near Eastern Customs: A Reassessment,” HTR 62 (1969): 377-95.

[43:25]  ⁴ tn The construction uses the infinitive construct after the preposition, followed by the subjective genitive.

[43:25]  ⁵ tn The action precedes the action of preparing the gift, and so must be translated as past perfect.

[43:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “eat bread.” The imperfect verbal form is used here as a historic future (future from the perspective of the past).