Genesis 24:40

24:40 He answered, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked, ¹  will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father’s family.

Genesis 24:44

24:44 Then she will reply to me, “Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels too.” May that woman be the one whom the Lord has chosen for my master’s son.’

Genesis 31:5

31:5 There he said to them, “I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, ²  but the God of my father has been with me.

Genesis 32:9

32:9 Then Jacob prayed, ³  “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O Lord, you said ⁴  to me, ‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’ ⁵ 

Genesis 34:11-12

34:11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s ⁶  father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you require of me ⁷  I’ll give. ⁸  34:12 You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, ⁹  and I’ll give ¹⁰  whatever you ask ¹¹  of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

Genesis 39:17

39:17 This is what she said to him: ¹²  “That Hebrew slave ¹³  you brought to us tried to humiliate me, ¹⁴ 

Genesis 45:4

45:4 Joseph said to his brothers, “Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said, “I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

Genesis 45:10

45:10 You will live ¹⁵  in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me – you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

Genesis 45:18

45:18 Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you ¹⁶  the best land in Egypt and you will eat ¹⁷  the best ¹⁸  of the land.’

Genesis 48:3-4

48:3 Jacob said to Joseph, “The sovereign God ¹⁹  appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me. 48:4 He said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful ²⁰  and will multiply you. ²¹  I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants ²²  as an everlasting possession.’ ²³ 

Genesis 48:9

48:9 Joseph said to his father, “They are the ²⁴  sons God has given me in this place.” His father ²⁵  said, “Bring them to me so I may bless them.” ²⁶ 

[24:40]  ¹ tn The verb is the Hitpael of הָלַךְ (halakh), meaning “live one’s life” (see Gen 17:1). The statement may simply refer to serving the Lord or it may have a more positive moral connotation (“serve faithfully”).

[31:5]  ² tn Heb “I see the face of your father, that he is not toward me as formerly.”

[32:9]  ³ tn Heb “said.”

[32:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “the one who said.”

[32:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will cause good” or “I will treat well [or “favorably”].” The idea includes more than prosperity, though that is its essential meaning. Here the form is subordinated to the preceding imperative and indicates purpose or result. Jacob is reminding God of his promise in the hope that God will honor his word.

[34:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “her”; the referent (Dinah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[34:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “whatever you say.”

[34:11]  ⁶ tn Or “pay.”

[34:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “Make very great upon me the bride price and gift.” The imperatives are used in a rhetorical manner. Shechem’s point is that he will pay the price, no matter how expensive it might be.

[34:12]  ⁶ tn The cohortative expresses Shechem’s resolve to have Dinah as his wife.

[34:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “say.”

[39:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and she spoke to him according to these words, saying.”

[39:17]  ⁷ sn That Hebrew slave. Now, when speaking to her husband, Potiphar’s wife refers to Joseph as a Hebrew slave, a very demeaning description.

[39:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “came to me to make fun of me.” The statement needs no explanation because of the connotations of “came to me” and “to make fun of me.” See the note on the expression “humiliate us” in v. 14.

[45:10]  ⁷ tn The perfect verbal form with vav consecutive here expresses instruction.

[45:18]  ⁸ tn After the imperatives in vv. 17-18a, the cohortative with vav indicates result.

[45:18]  ⁹ tn After the cohortative the imperative with vav states the ultimate goal.

[45:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fat.”

[48:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “El Shaddai.” See the extended note on the phrase “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1.

[48:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Look, I am making you fruitful.” The participle following הִנֵּה (hinneh) has the nuance of a certain and often imminent future.

[48:4]  ¹¹ tn The perfect verbal form with vav consecutive carries on the certain future idea.

[48:4]  ¹² tn The Hebrew text adds “after you,” which has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[48:4]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew word אֲחֻזָּה (’akhuzzah), translated “possession,” describes a permanent holding in the land. It is the noun form of the same verb (אָחַז, ’akhaz) that was used for the land given to them in Goshen (Gen 47:27).

[48:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “my.”

[48:9]  ¹² tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Joseph’s father) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[48:9]  ¹³ tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose after the imperative.