43:16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant who was over his household, “Bring the men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon.”
43:17 The man did just as Joseph said; he 1 brought the men into Joseph’s house. 2
1 tnHeb “the man.” This has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun “he” for stylistic reasons.
2 sn This verse is a summary statement. The next verses delineate intermediate steps (see v. 24) in the process.