Genesis 20:8

20:8 Early in the morning ¹  Abimelech summoned ²  all his servants. When he told them about all these things, ³  they ⁴  were terrified.

Genesis 42:35

42:35 When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

Genesis 43:18

43:18 But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said, “We are being brought in because of ⁵  the money that was returned in our sacks last time. ⁶  He wants to capture us, ⁷  make us slaves, and take ⁸  our donkeys!”

[20:8]  ¹ tn Heb “And Abimelech rose early in the morning and he summoned.”

[20:8]  ² tn The verb קָרָא (qara’) followed by the preposition לְ (lamed) means “to summon.”

[20:8]  ³ tn Heb “And he spoke all these things in their ears.”

[20:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the men.” This has been replaced by the pronoun “they” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[43:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “over the matter of.”

[43:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the beginning,” that is, at the end of their first visit.

[43:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “to roll himself upon us and to cause himself to fall upon us.” The infinitives here indicate the purpose (as viewed by the brothers) for their being brought to Joseph’s house.

[43:18]  ⁸ tn The word “take” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.