Kejadian 10:30

10:30 Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to ¹  Sephar in the eastern hills.

Kejadian 42:17

42:17 He imprisoned ²  them all for three days.

[10:30]  ¹ tn Heb “as you go.”

[42:17]  ² sn The same Hebrew word is used for Joseph’s imprisonment in 40:3, 4, 7. There is some mirroring going on in the narrative. The Hebrew word used here (אָסַף, ’asaf, “to gather”) is not normally used in a context like this (for placing someone in prison), but it forms a wordplay on the name Joseph (יוֹסֵף, yosoef) and keeps the comparison working.