50:1 Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. 3 He wept over him and kissed him.
2:21 Later 4 Hezron had sexual relations with 5 the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married 6 her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub.
1 tn Heb “saw Ephraim, the children of the third.”
2 tn Heb “they were born on the knees of Joseph.” This expression implies their adoption by Joseph, which meant that they received an inheritance from him.
3 tn Heb “fell on.” The expression describes Joseph’s unrestrained sorrow over Jacob’s death; he probably threw himself across the body and embraced his father.
4 sn This means “later” in relation to the births of the three sons (Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb) mentioned in v. 9.
5 tn Heb “Hezron went to.”
6 tn Heb “he took,” referring to taking in marriage.