Genesis 32:21

32:21 So the gifts were sent on ahead of him ¹  while he spent that night in the camp. ² 

Genesis 43:15

43:15 So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt ³  and stood before Joseph.

Genesis 43:25-26

43:25 They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival ⁴  at noon, for they had heard ⁵  that they were to have a meal ⁶  there.

43:26 When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, ⁷  and they bowed down to the ground before him.

¹ tn Heb “and the gift passed over upon his face.”

² tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial/temporal.

³ tn Heb “they arose and went down to Egypt.” The first verb has an adverbial function and emphasizes that they departed right away.

⁵ tn The construction uses the infinitive construct after the preposition, followed by the subjective genitive.

⁶ tn The action precedes the action of preparing the gift, and so must be translated as past perfect.

⁷ tn Heb “eat bread.” The imperfect verbal form is used here as a historic future (future from the perspective of the past).

⁷ tn Heb “into the house.”