37:25 When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up 1 and saw 2 a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt. 3
50:15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay 4 us in full 5 for all the harm 6 we did to him?”
1 tn Heb “lifted up their eyes.”
2 tn Heb “and they saw and look.” By the use of וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh, “and look”), the narrator invites the reader to see the event through the eyes of the brothers.
3 tn Heb “and their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh, going to go down to Egypt.”
4 tn The imperfect tense could be a simple future; it could also have a desiderative nuance.
5 tn The infinitive absolute makes the statement emphatic, “repay in full.”
6 tn Or “evil.”