Genesis 25:16

25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps – twelve princes ¹  according to their clans.

Genesis 34:23

34:23 If we do so, ²  won’t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”

Genesis 37:16

37:16 He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell ³  me where they are grazing their flocks.”

Genesis 40:12

40:12 “This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches represent ⁴  three days.

Genesis 40:18

40:18 Joseph replied, “This is its meaning: The three baskets represent ⁵  three days.

Genesis 42:23

42:23 (Now ⁶  they did not know that Joseph could understand them, ⁷  for he was speaking through an interpreter.) ⁸ 

[25:16]  ¹ tn Or “tribal chieftains.”

[34:23]  ² tn The words “If we do so” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[37:16]  ³ tn The imperative in this sentence has more of the nuance of a request than a command.

[40:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “the three branches [are].”

[40:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “the three baskets [are].”

[42:23]  ⁶ tn The disjunctive clause provides supplemental information that is important to the story.

[42:23]  ⁷ tn “was listening.” The brothers were not aware that Joseph could understand them as they spoke the preceding words in their native language.

[42:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “for [there was] an interpreter between them.” On the meaning of the word here translated “interpreter” see HALOT 590 s.v. מֵלִיץ and M. A. Canney, “The Hebrew melis (Prov IX 12; Gen XLII 2-3),” AJSL 40 (1923/24): 135-37.