Kejadian 37:10

37:10 When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying, “What is this dream that you had? ¹  Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?” ² 

Kejadian 42:21

42:21 They said to one other, ³  “Surely we’re being punished ⁴  because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was ⁵  when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress ⁶  has come on us!”

[37:10]  ¹ sn The question What is this dream that you had? expresses Jacob’s dismay at what he perceives to be Joseph’s audacity.

[37:10]  ² tn Heb “Coming, will we come, I and your mother and your brothers, to bow down to you to the ground?” The verb “come” is preceded by the infinitive absolute, which lends emphasis. It is as if Jacob said, “You don’t really think we will come…to bow down…do you?”

[42:21]  ³ tn Heb “a man to his neighbor.”

[42:21]  ⁴ tn Or “we are guilty”; the Hebrew word can also refer to the effect of being guilty, i.e., “we are being punished for guilt.”

[42:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “the distress of his soul.”

[42:21]  ⁶ sn The repetition of the Hebrew noun translated distress draws attention to the fact that they regard their present distress as appropriate punishment for their refusal to ignore their brother when he was in distress.