Genesis 29:12

29:12 When Jacob explained ¹  to Rachel that he was a relative of her father ²  and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.

Genesis 42:32

42:32 We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. ³  One is no longer alive, ⁴  and the youngest is with our father at this time ⁵  in the land of Canaan.’

Genesis 44:29

44:29 If you take ⁶  this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair ⁷  in tragedy ⁸  to the grave.’ ⁹ 

[29:12]  ¹ tn Heb “declared.”

[29:12]  ² tn Heb “that he [was] the brother of her father.”

[42:32]  ³ tn Heb “twelve [were] we, brothers, sons of our father [are] we.”

[42:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “the one is not.”

[42:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “today.”

[44:29]  ⁵ tn The construction uses a perfect verbal form with the vav consecutive to introduce the conditional clause and then another perfect verbal form with a vav consecutive to complete the sentence: “if you take…then you will bring down.”

[44:29]  ⁶ sn The expression bring down my gray hair is figurative, using a part for the whole – they would put Jacob in the grave. But the gray head signifies a long life of worry and trouble. See Gen 42:38.

[44:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “evil/calamity.” The term is different than the one used in the otherwise identical statement recorded in v. 31 (see also 42:38).

[44:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “to Sheol,” the dwelling place of the dead.