Genesis 41:44

41:44 Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission ¹  no one ²  will move his hand or his foot ³  in all the land of Egypt.”

Genesis 41:1

Joseph’s Rise to Power

41:1 At the end of two full years ⁴  Pharaoh had a dream. ⁵  As he was standing by the Nile,

Genesis 23:17

23:17 So Abraham secured ⁶  Ephron’s field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,

Genesis 23:2

23:2 Then she ⁷  died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. ⁸ 

Genesis 28:7

28:7 Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram.

Daniel 5:16

5:16 However, I have heard ⁹  that you are able to provide interpretations and to decipher knotty problems. Now if you are able to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will wear purple and have a golden collar around your neck and be third ¹⁰  ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 5:29

5:29 Then, on Belshazzar’s orders, ¹¹  Daniel was clothed in purple, a golden collar was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom.

[41:44]  ¹ tn Heb “apart from you.”

[41:44]  ² tn Heb “no man,” but here “man” is generic, referring to people in general.

[41:44]  ³ tn The idiom “lift up hand or foot” means “take any action” here.

[41:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “two years, days.”

[41:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “was dreaming.”

[23:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “And it was conveyed.” The recipient, Abraham (mentioned in the Hebrew text at the beginning of v. 18) has been placed here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “Sarah.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“she”) for stylistic reasons.

[23:2]  ⁸ sn Mourn…weep. The description here is of standard mourning rites (see K. A. Kitchen, NBD³ 149-50). They would have been carried out in the presence of the corpse, probably in Sarah’s tent. So Abraham came in to mourn; then he rose up to go and bury his dead (v. 3).

[5:16]  ⁹ tn The Aramaic text has also the words “about you.”

[5:16]  ¹⁰ tn Or perhaps “one of three rulers,” in the sense of becoming part of a triumvir. So also v. 29.

[5:29]  ¹¹ tn Aram “Belshazzar spoke.”