Genesis 33:10

33:10 “No, please take them,” Jacob said. ¹  “If I have found favor in your sight, accept ²  my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, ³  it is as if I have seen the face of God. ⁴ 

Genesis 40:8

40:8 They told him, “We both had dreams, ⁵  but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them ⁶  to me.”

[33:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and Jacob said, ‘No, please.’” The words “take them” have been supplied in the translation for clarity, and the order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse rearranged for stylistic reasons.

[33:10]  ² tn The form is the perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive, expressing a contingent future nuance in the “then” section of the conditional sentence.

[33:10]  ³ tn The verbal form is the preterite with a vav (ו) consecutive, indicating result here.

[33:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “for therefore I have seen your face like seeing the face of God and you have accepted me.”

[40:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “a dream we dreamed.”

[40:8]  ⁶ tn The word “them” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.