47:16 Then Joseph said, “If your money is gone, bring your livestock, and I will give you food 5 in exchange for 6 your livestock.”
1 tn Heb “and there was to him.”
2 tn Heb “possessions of sheep.”
3 tn Heb “possessions of cattle.”
4 tn The Hebrew verb translated “became jealous” refers here to intense jealousy or envy that leads to hostile action (see v. 15).
5 tn The word “food” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 tn On the use of the preposition here see BDB 90 s.v. בְּ.