Kejadian 42:36

42:36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. ¹  Simeon is gone. ²  And now you want to take ³  Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

Kejadian 47:15

47:15 When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians ⁴  came to Joseph and said, “Give us food! Why should we die ⁵  before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

Kejadian 48:15

48:15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,

“May the God before whom my fathers

Abraham and Isaac walked –

the God who has been my shepherd ⁶ 

all my life long to this day,

[42:36]  ¹ tn Heb “is not.”

[42:36]  ² tn Heb “is not.”

[42:36]  ³ tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is desiderative here.

[47:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “all Egypt.” The expression is a metonymy and refers to all the people of Egypt.

[47:15]  ⁵ tn The imperfect verbal form has a deliberative force here.

[48:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “shepherded me.” The verb has been translated as an English noun for stylistic reasons.