49:19 Gad will be raided by marauding bands,
but he will attack them at their heels. 2
50:1 Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. 3 He wept over him and kissed him.
1 tn Heb “was.”
2 tc Heb “heel.” The MT has suffered from misdivision at this point. The initial mem on the first word in the next verse should probably be taken as a plural ending on the word “heel.”
3 tn Heb “fell on.” The expression describes Joseph’s unrestrained sorrow over Jacob’s death; he probably threw himself across the body and embraced his father.