Genesis 37:2

37:2 This is the account of Jacob.

Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, ¹  was taking care of ²  the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster ³  working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. ⁴  Joseph brought back a bad report about them ⁵  to their father.

Luke 14:21

14:21 So ⁶  the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious ⁷  and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly ⁸  to the streets and alleys of the city, ⁹  and bring in the poor, ¹⁰  the crippled, ¹¹  the blind, and the lame.’

Hebrews 13:17

13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. ¹²  Let them do this ¹³  with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

¹ tn Heb “a son of seventeen years.” The word “son” is in apposition to the name “Joseph.”

² tn Or “tending”; Heb “shepherding” or “feeding.”

³ tn Or perhaps “a helper.” The significance of this statement is unclear. It may mean “now the lad was with,” or it may suggest Joseph was like a servant to them.

⁴ tn Heb “and he [was] a young man with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father.”

⁵ tn Heb “their bad report.” The pronoun is an objective genitive, specifying that the bad or damaging report was about the brothers.

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the preceding responses.

⁷ tn Grk “being furious, said.” The participle ὀργισθείς (orgisqei") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁸ sn It was necessary to go out quickly because the banquet was already prepared. All the food would spoil if not eaten immediately.

⁹ tn Or “town.”

¹⁰ sn The poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame. Note how the list matches v. 13, illustrating that point. Note also how the party goes on; it is not postponed until a later date. Instead new guests are invited.

¹¹ tn Grk “and the crippled.” Normally crippled as a result of being maimed or mutilated (L&N 23.177). Καί (kai) has not been translated here and before the following category (Grk “and the blind and the lame”) since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

¹² tn Or “as ones who will give an account”; Grk “as giving an account.”

¹³ tn Grk “that they may do this.”