Genesis 23:10

23:10 (Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite ¹  replied to Abraham in the hearing ²  of the sons of Heth – before all who entered the gate ³  of his city –

Genesis 23:13

23:13 and said to Ephron in their hearing, “Hear me, if you will. I pay ⁴  to you the price ⁵  of the field. Take it from me so that I may ⁶  bury my dead there.”

Genesis 23:16

23:16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price ⁷  and weighed ⁸  out for him ⁹  the price ¹⁰  that Ephron had quoted ¹¹  in the hearing of the sons of Heth – 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time. ¹² 

Genesis 44:18

44:18 Then Judah approached him and said, “My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. ¹³  Please do not get angry with your servant, ¹⁴  for you are just like Pharaoh. ¹⁵ 

Genesis 50:4

50:4 When the days of mourning ¹⁶  had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court, ¹⁷  “If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh, ¹⁸ 

[23:10]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “Hittite,” but see the note on the name “Heth” in v. 3.

[23:10]  ² tn Heb “ears.” By metonymy the “ears” stand for the presence or proximity (i.e., within earshot) of the persons named.

[23:10]  ³ sn On the expression all who entered the gate see E. A. Speiser, “‘Coming’ and ‘Going’ at the City Gate,” BASOR 144 (1956): 20-23; and G. Evans, “‘Coming’ and ‘Going’ at the City Gate: A Discussion of Professor Speiser’s Paper,” BASOR 150 (1958): 28-33.

[23:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “give.”

[23:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “silver.”

[23:13]  ⁶ tn After the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction expresses purpose or result.

[23:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “listened to Ephron.”

[23:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “and Abraham weighed out.”

[23:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “to Ephron.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “silver.”

[23:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “that he had spoken.” The referent (Ephron) has been specified here in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[23:16]  ¹² tn Heb “passing for the merchant.” The final clause affirms that the measurement of silver was according to the standards used by the merchants of the time.

[44:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Please my lord, let your servant speak a word into the ears of my lord.”

[44:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and let not your anger burn against your servant.”

[44:18]  ¹² sn You are just like Pharaoh. Judah’s speech begins with the fear and trembling of one who stands condemned. Joseph has as much power as Pharaoh, either to condemn or to pardon. Judah will make his appeal, wording his speech in such a way as to appeal to Joseph’s compassion for the father, whom he mentions no less than fourteen times in the speech.

[50:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “weeping.”

[50:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the house of Pharaoh.”

[50:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in the ears of Pharaoh.”