Kejadian 33:2

33:2 He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them. ¹ 

Kejadian 31:5

31:5 There he said to them, “I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, ²  but the God of my father has been with me.

Kejadian 40:7

40:7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials, who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?” ³ 

Kejadian 48:11

48:11 Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected ⁴  to see you ⁵  again, but now God has allowed me to see your children ⁶  too.”

[33:2]  ¹ sn This kind of ranking according to favoritism no doubt fed the jealousy over Joseph that later becomes an important element in the narrative. It must have been painful to the family to see that they were expendable.

[31:5]  ² tn Heb “I see the face of your father, that he is not toward me as formerly.”

[40:7]  ³ tn Heb “why are your faces sad today?”

[48:11]  ⁴ tn On the meaning of the Hebrew verb פָּלַל (palal) here, see E. A. Speiser, “The Stem pll in Hebrew,” JBL 82 (1963): 301-6. Speiser argues that this verb means “to estimate” as in Exod 21:22.

[48:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “your face.”

[48:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “offspring.”