Kejadian 22:12

22:12 “Do not harm the boy!” ¹  the angel said. ²  “Do not do anything to him, for now I know ³  that you fear ⁴  God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”

Kejadian 37:28

37:28 So when the Midianite ⁵  merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled ⁶  him ⁷  out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites ⁸  then took Joseph to Egypt.

Kejadian 50:24

50:24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to you ⁹  and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give ¹⁰  to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

[22:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Do not extend your hand toward the boy.”

[22:12]  ² tn Heb “and he said, ‘Do not extend…’”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the context for clarity. The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[22:12]  ³ sn For now I know. The test was designed to see if Abraham would be obedient (see v. 1).

[22:12]  ⁴ sn In this context fear refers by metonymy to obedience that grows from faith.

[37:28]  ⁵ sn On the close relationship between Ishmaelites (v. 25) and Midianites, see Judg 8:24.

[37:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “they drew and they lifted up.” The referent (Joseph’s brothers) has been specified in the translation for clarity; otherwise the reader might assume the Midianites had pulled Joseph from the cistern (but cf. NAB).

[37:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “Joseph” (both here and in the following clause); the proper name has been replaced both times by the pronoun “him” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[37:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ishmaelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[50:24]  ⁹ tn The verb פָּקַד (paqad) means “to visit,” i.e., to intervene for blessing or cursing; here Joseph announces that God would come to fulfill the promises by delivering them from Egypt. The statement is emphasized by the use of the infinitive absolute with the verb: “God will surely visit you.”

[50:24]  ¹⁰ tn The words “to give” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.