Kejadian 11:6

11:6 And the Lord said, “If as one people all sharing a common language ¹  they have begun to do this, then ²  nothing they plan to do will be beyond them. ³ 

Kejadian 23:13

23:13 and said to Ephron in their hearing, “Hear me, if you will. I pay ⁴  to you the price ⁵  of the field. Take it from me so that I may ⁶  bury my dead there.”

Kejadian 39:9

39:9 There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do ⁷  such a great evil and sin against God?”

Kejadian 41:45

41:45 Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah. ⁸  He also gave him Asenath ⁹  daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, ¹⁰  to be his wife. So Joseph took charge of ¹¹  all the land of Egypt.

Kejadian 42:25

42:25 Then Joseph gave orders to fill ¹²  their bags with grain, to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out. ¹³ 

Kejadian 43:18

43:18 But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said, “We are being brought in because of ¹⁴  the money that was returned in our sacks last time. ¹⁵  He wants to capture us, ¹⁶  make us slaves, and take ¹⁷  our donkeys!”

[11:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and one lip to all of them.”

[11:6]  ² tn Heb “and now.” The foundational clause beginning with הֵן (hen) expresses the condition, and the second clause the result. It could be rendered “If this…then now.”

[11:6]  ³ tn Heb “all that they purpose to do will not be withheld from them.”

[23:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “give.”

[23:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “silver.”

[23:13]  ⁶ tn After the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction expresses purpose or result.

[39:9]  ⁷ tn The nuance of potential imperfect fits this context.

[41:45]  ⁸ sn The meaning of Joseph’s Egyptian name, Zaphenath-Paneah, is uncertain. Many recent commentators have followed the proposal of G. Steindorff that it means “the god has said, ‘he will live’” (“Der Name Josephs Saphenat-Pa‘neach,” ZÄS 31 [1889]: 41-42); others have suggested “the god speaks and lives” (see BDB 861 s.v. צָפְנָת פַּעְנֵחַ); “the man he knows” (J. Vergote, Joseph en Égypte, 145); or “Joseph [who is called] áIp-àankh” (K. A. Kitchen, NBD³ 1262).

[41:45]  ⁹ sn The name Asenath may mean “she belongs to the goddess Neit” (see HALOT 74 s.v. אָֽסְנַת). A novel was written at the beginning of the first century entitled Joseph and Asenath, which included a legendary account of the conversion of Asenath to Joseph’s faith in Yahweh. However, all that can be determined from this chapter is that their children received Hebrew names. See also V. Aptowitzer, “Asenath, the Wife of Joseph – a Haggadic Literary-Historical Study,” HUCA 1 (1924): 239-306.

[41:45]  ¹⁰ sn On (also in v. 50) is another name for the city of Heliopolis.

[41:45]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he passed through.”

[42:25]  ¹² tn Heb “and they filled.” The clause appears to be elliptical; one expects “Joseph gave orders to fill…and they filled.” See GKC 386 §120.f.

[42:25]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he did for them so.” Joseph would appear to be the subject of the singular verb. If the text is retained, the statement seems to be a summary of the preceding, more detailed statement. However, some read the verb as plural, “and they did for them so.” In this case the statement indicates that Joseph’s subordinates carried out his orders. Another alternative is to read the singular verb as passive (with unspecified subject), “and this was done for them so” (cf. NEB, NIV, NRSV).

[43:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “over the matter of.”

[43:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in the beginning,” that is, at the end of their first visit.

[43:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to roll himself upon us and to cause himself to fall upon us.” The infinitives here indicate the purpose (as viewed by the brothers) for their being brought to Joseph’s house.

[43:18]  ¹⁷ tn The word “take” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.