Genesis 12:19

12:19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her ¹  to be my wife? ²  Here is your wife! ³  Take her and go!” ⁴ 

Genesis 40:11

40:11 Now Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes, squeezed them into his ⁵  cup, and put the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.” ⁶ 

[12:19]  ¹ tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive here expresses consequence.

[12:19]  ² tn Heb “to me for a wife.”

[12:19]  ³ tn Heb “Look, your wife!”

[12:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “take and go.”

[40:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the cup of Pharaoh.” The pronoun “his” has been used here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[40:11]  ⁶ sn The cupbearer’s dream is dominated by sets of three: three branches, three stages of growth, and three actions of the cupbearer.