Genesis 34:22

34:22 Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand ¹  that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.

Genesis 41:12

41:12 Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant ²  of the captain of the guards, ³  was with us there. We told him our dreams, ⁴  and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us. ⁵ 

Genesis 49:11

49:11 Binding his foal to the vine,

and his colt to the choicest vine,

he will wash ⁶  his garments in wine,

his robes in the blood of grapes.

¹ tn Heb “when every one of our males is circumcised.”

² tn Or “slave.”

³ tn Heb “a servant to the captain of the guards.” On this construction see GKC 419-20 §129.c.

⁴ tn The words “our dreams” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “and he interpreted for us our dreams, each according to his dream he interpreted.”

³ tn The perfect verbal form is used rhetorically, describing coming events as though they have already taken place.