Genesis 27:32

27:32 His father Isaac asked, ¹  “Who are you?” “I am your firstborn son,” ²  he replied, “Esau!”

Genesis 31:44

31:44 So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, ³  you and I, and it will be ⁴  proof that we have made peace.” ⁵ 

Genesis 37:30

37:30 returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”

Genesis 41:9

41:9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures. ⁶ 

Genesis 41:11

41:11 We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning. ⁷ 

Genesis 42:18

42:18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do as I say ⁸  and you will live, ⁹  for I fear God. ¹⁰ 

Genesis 50:19

50:19 But Joseph answered them, “Don’t be afraid. Am ¹¹  I in the place of God?

[27:32]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[27:32]  ² tn Heb “and he said, ‘I [am] your son, your firstborn.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged for stylistic reasons.

[31:44]  ³ tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

[31:44]  ⁴ tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) followed by the preposition לְ (lÿ) means “become.”

[31:44]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it will become a witness between me and you.”

[41:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “sins, offenses.” He probably refers here to the offenses that landed him in prison (see 40:1).

[41:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we dreamed.”

[42:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “Do this.”

[42:18]  ¹⁰ tn After the preceding imperative, the imperative with vav (ו) can, as here, indicate logical sequence.

[42:18]  ¹¹ sn For I fear God. Joseph brings God into the picture to awaken his brothers’ consciences. The godly person cares about the welfare of people, whether they live or die. So he will send grain back, but keep one of them in Egypt. This action contrasts with their crime of selling their brother into slavery.

[50:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “For am I.”