1 tn Heb “lie down.” Here the expression “lie down” refers to death.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “and from the whole of his brothers he took five men and presented them before Pharaoh.”
4 tn Heb “the firstborn.”
5 sn The meaning of the name Moab is not certain. The name sounds like the Hebrew phrase “from our father” (מֵאָבִינוּ, me’avinu) which the daughters used twice (vv. 32, 34). This account is probably included in the narrative in order to portray the Moabites, who later became enemies of God’s people, in a negative light.