42:25 Then Joseph gave orders to fill 1 their bags with grain, to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out. 2 42:26 So they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left. 3
44:1 He instructed the servant who was over his household, “Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack. 44:2 Then put 4 my cup – the silver cup – in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph instructed. 5
1 tn Heb “and they filled.” The clause appears to be elliptical; one expects “Joseph gave orders to fill…and they filled.” See GKC 386 §120.f.
2 tn Heb “and he did for them so.” Joseph would appear to be the subject of the singular verb. If the text is retained, the statement seems to be a summary of the preceding, more detailed statement. However, some read the verb as plural, “and they did for them so.” In this case the statement indicates that Joseph’s subordinates carried out his orders. Another alternative is to read the singular verb as passive (with unspecified subject), “and this was done for them so” (cf. NEB, NIV, NRSV).
3 tn Heb “and they went from there.”
4 tn The imperfect verbal form is used here to express Joseph’s instructions.
5 tn Heb “and he did according to the word of Joseph which he spoke.”