Kejadian 32:18

32:18 then you must say, ¹  ‘They belong ²  to your servant Jacob. ³  They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. ⁴  In fact Jacob himself is behind us.’” ⁵ 

Kejadian 50:16

50:16 So they sent word ⁶  to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave these instructions before he died:

[32:18]  ¹ tn The form is the perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive; it has the nuance of an imperfect of instruction.

[32:18]  ² tn The words “they belong” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[32:18]  ³ tn Heb “to your servant, to Jacob.”

[32:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “to my lord, to Esau.”

[32:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “and look, also he [is] behind us.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[50:16]  ⁶ tn The verb means “command,” but they would hardly be commanding him. It probably means they sent their father’s instructions to Joseph.