Genesis 32:21
Context32:21 So the gifts were sent on ahead of him 1 while he spent that night in the camp. 2
Genesis 43:15
Context43:15 So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt 3 and stood before Joseph.
Genesis 43:25-26
Context43:25 They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival 4 at noon, for they had heard 5 that they were to have a meal 6 there.
43:26 When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, 7 and they bowed down to the ground before him.


[32:21] 1 tn Heb “and the gift passed over upon his face.”
[32:21] 2 tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial/temporal.
[43:15] 3 tn Heb “they arose and went down to Egypt.” The first verb has an adverbial function and emphasizes that they departed right away.
[43:25] 5 tn The construction uses the infinitive construct after the preposition, followed by the subjective genitive.
[43:25] 6 tn The action precedes the action of preparing the gift, and so must be translated as past perfect.
[43:25] 7 tn Heb “eat bread.” The imperfect verbal form is used here as a historic future (future from the perspective of the past).