Genesis 1:15

1:15 and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.

Genesis 27:3

27:3 Therefore, take your weapons – your quiver and your bow – and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game ¹  for me.

Genesis 44:12

44:12 Then the man ²  searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!

Genesis 44:14

44:14 So Judah and his brothers ³  came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, ⁴  and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

Genesis 45:2

45:2 He wept loudly; ⁵  the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh’s household heard about it. ⁶ 

Genesis 47:31

47:31 Jacob ⁷  said, “Swear to me that you will do so.” ⁸  So Joseph ⁹  gave him his word. ¹⁰  Then Israel bowed down ¹¹  at the head of his bed. ¹² 

[27:3]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word is to be spelled either צַיִד (tsayid) following the marginal reading (Qere), or צֵידָה (tsedah) following the consonantal text (Kethib). Either way it is from the same root as the imperative צוּדָה (tsudah, “hunt down”).

[44:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[44:14]  ¹ sn Judah and his brothers. The narrative is already beginning to bring Judah to the forefront.

[44:14]  ² tn The disjunctive clause here provides supplemental information.

[45:2]  ¹ tn Heb “and he gave his voice in weeping,” meaning that Joseph could not restrain himself and wept out loud.

[45:2]  ² tn Heb “and the Egyptians heard and the household of Pharaoh heard.” Presumably in the latter case this was by means of a report.

[47:31]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[47:31]  ² tn Heb “swear on oath to me.” The words “that you will do so” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[47:31]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[47:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “swore on oath to him.”

[47:31]  ⁵ sn The Hebrew verb normally means “bow down,” especially in worship or prayer. Here it might simply mean “bend low,” perhaps from weakness or approaching death. The narrative is ambiguous at this point and remains open to all these interpretations.

[47:31]  ⁶ tc The MT reads מִטָּה (mittah, “bed, couch”). The LXX reads the word as מַטֶּה (matteh, “staff, rod”) and interprets this to mean that Jacob bowed down in worship while leaning on the top of his staff. The LXX reading was used in turn by the writer of the Letter to the Hebrews (Heb 11:21).