41:46 Now Joseph was 30 years old 3 when he began serving 4 Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by 5 Pharaoh and was in charge of 6 all the land of Egypt.
41:1 At the end of two full years 7 Pharaoh had a dream. 8 As he was standing by the Nile,
10:8 Cush was the father of 9 Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.
1 tn Heb “he loved him.”
2 tn Heb “Let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my eyes.”
3 tn Heb “a son of thirty years.”
4 tn Heb “when he stood before.”
5 tn Heb “went out from before.”
6 tn Heb “and he passed through all the land of Egypt”; this phrase is interpreted by JPS to mean that Joseph “emerged in charge of the whole land.”
7 tn Heb “two years, days.”
8 tn Heb “was dreaming.”
9 tn Heb “fathered.” Embedded within Cush’s genealogy is an account of Nimrod, a mighty warrior. There have been many attempts to identify him, but none are convincing.