41:5 Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing 4 on one stalk, healthy 5 and good.
43:24 The servant in charge 6 brought the men into Joseph’s house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he gave food to their donkeys.
46:25 These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, seven in all.
1 tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial, expressing the reason for his question.
2 tn Heb “if you are like us.”
3 tn The infinitive here explains how they would become like them.
4 tn Heb “coming up.”
5 tn Heb “fat.”
6 tn Heb “the man.”
7 tn Heb “the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth.”
8 sn The brothers’ astonishment indicates that Joseph arranged them in this way. They were astonished because there was no way, as far as they were concerned, that Joseph could have known the order of their birth.