Kejadian 17:25

17:25 his son Ishmael was thirteen years old ¹  when he was circumcised.

Kejadian 42:17

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

Kejadian 44:6

44:6 When the man ³  overtook them, he spoke these words to them.

Kejadian 49:14

49:14 Issachar is a strong-boned donkey

lying down between two saddlebags.

[17:25]  ¹ tn Heb “the son of thirteen years.”

[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.

[44:6]  ³ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household) has been specified in the translation for clarity.