Genesis 28:6

28:6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. ¹  As he blessed him, ²  Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.” ³ 

Genesis 39:6

39:6 So Potiphar ⁴  left ⁵  everything he had in Joseph’s care; ⁶  he gave no thought ⁷  to anything except the food he ate. ⁸ 

Now Joseph was well built and good-looking. ⁹ 

Genesis 44:1

The Final Test

44:1 He instructed the servant who was over his household, “Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.

[28:6]  ¹ tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”

[28:6]  ² tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.

[28:6]  ³ tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

[39:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Potiphar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[39:6]  ⁵ sn The Hebrew verb translated left indicates he relinquished the care of it to Joseph. This is stronger than what was said earlier. Apparently Potiphar had come to trust Joseph so much that he knew it was in better care with Joseph than with anyone else.

[39:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “hand.” This is a metonymy for being under the control or care of Joseph.

[39:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “did not know.”

[39:6]  ⁸ sn The expression except the food he ate probably refers to Potiphar’s private affairs and should not be limited literally to what he ate.

[39:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “handsome of form and handsome of appearance.” The same Hebrew expressions were used in Gen 29:17 for Rachel.