Genesis 31:7
Context31:7 but your father has humiliated 1 me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.
Genesis 35:2
Context35:2 So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. 2 Purify yourselves and change your clothes. 3
Genesis 41:14
Context41:14 Then Pharaoh summoned 4 Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.
Genesis 31:41
Context31:41 This was my lot 5 for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave 6 for you – fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!


[31:7] 1 tn This rare verb means “to make a fool of” someone. It involves deceiving someone so that their public reputation suffers (see Exod 8:25).
[35:2] 2 tn Heb “which are in your midst.”
[35:2] 3 sn The actions of removing false gods, becoming ritually clean, and changing garments would become necessary steps in Israel when approaching the
[41:14] 3 tn Heb “and Pharaoh sent and called,” indicating a summons to the royal court.
[31:41] 4 tn Heb “this to me.”
[31:41] 5 tn Heb “served you,” but in this accusatory context the meaning is more “worked like a slave.”