49:11 Binding his foal to the vine,
and his colt to the choicest vine,
he will wash 8 his garments in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
1 tn Heb “bound in the house of your prison.”
2 tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial-temporal.
3 tn Heb “[for] the hunger of your households.”
1 tn Heb “and he turned to them and spoke to them.”
2 tn Heb “took Simeon.” This was probably done at Joseph’s command, however; the grand vizier of Egypt would not have personally seized a prisoner.
3 tn Heb “and he bound him.” See the note on the preceding verb “taken.”
1 tn Heb “and he appeared to him.”
1 tn The perfect verbal form is used rhetorically, describing coming events as though they have already taken place.