Genesis 26:30

26:30 So Isaac held a feast for them and they celebrated.

Genesis 24:54

24:54 After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight.

When they got up in the morning, he said, “Let me leave now so I can return to my master.”

Genesis 43:34

43:34 He gave them portions of the food set before him, but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk.


tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “and they ate and drank.”

tn Heb “And they ate and drank, he and the men who [were] with him and they spent the night.”

tn Heb “Send me away to my master.”

tn Heb “and he lifted up portions from before his face to them.”

tn Heb “and they drank and were intoxicated with him” (cf. NIV “drank freely with him”; NEB “grew merry”; NRSV “were merry”). The brothers were apparently relaxed and set at ease, despite Joseph’s obvious favoritism toward Benjamin.