Genesis 31:32

31:32 Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! ¹  In the presence of our relatives ²  identify whatever is yours and take it.” ³  (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.) ⁴ 

Genesis 47:15

47:15 When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians ⁵  came to Joseph and said, “Give us food! Why should we die ⁶  before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

[31:32]  ¹ tn Heb “With whomever you find your gods, he will not live.”

[31:32]  ² tn Heb “brothers.”

[31:32]  ³ tn Heb “recognize for yourself what is with me and take for yourself.”

[31:32]  ⁴ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced here by a vav [ו] conjunction) provides supplemental material that is important to the story. Since this material is parenthetical in nature, it has been placed in parentheses in the translation.

[47:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “all Egypt.” The expression is a metonymy and refers to all the people of Egypt.

[47:15]  ⁶ tn The imperfect verbal form has a deliberative force here.