Genesis 40:8

40:8 They told him, “We both had dreams, ¹  but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them ²  to me.”

Genesis 42:9

42:9 Then Joseph remembered ³  the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!” ⁴ 

Genesis 42:36

42:36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. ⁵  Simeon is gone. ⁶  And now you want to take ⁷  Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

Genesis 43:34

43:34 He gave them portions of the food set before him, ⁸  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. ⁹ 

Genesis 49:29

49:29 Then he instructed them, ¹⁰  “I am about to go ¹¹  to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

¹ tn Heb “a dream we dreamed.”

² tn The word “them” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ sn You are spies. Joseph wanted to see how his brothers would react if they were accused of spying.

⁴ tn Heb “to see the nakedness of the land you have come.”

⁵ tn Heb “is not.”

⁶ tn Heb “is not.”

⁷ tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is desiderative here.

⁷ tn Heb “and he lifted up portions from before his face to them.”

⁸ 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.

⁹ tn The Hebrew text adds “and he said to them,” which is not included in the translation because it is redundant in English.

¹⁰ tn Heb “I am about to be gathered” The participle is used here to describe what is imminent.