Kejadian 42:24

42:24 He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again, ¹  he had Simeon taken ²  from them and tied up ³  before their eyes.

Kejadian 42:32

42:32 We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. ⁴  One is no longer alive, ⁵  and the youngest is with our father at this time ⁶  in the land of Canaan.’

Kejadian 42:36

42:36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. ⁷  Simeon is gone. ⁸  And now you want to take ⁹  Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

[42:24]  ¹ tn Heb “and he turned to them and spoke to them.”

[42:24]  ² tn Heb “took Simeon.” This was probably done at Joseph’s command, however; the grand vizier of Egypt would not have personally seized a prisoner.

[42:24]  ³ tn Heb “and he bound him.” See the note on the preceding verb “taken.”

[42:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “twelve [were] we, brothers, sons of our father [are] we.”

[42:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “the one is not.”

[42:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “today.”

[42:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “is not.”

[42:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “is not.”

[42:36]  ⁹ tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is desiderative here.