Genesis 33:16

33:16 So that same day Esau made his way back ¹  to Seir.

Genesis 42:17

42:17 He imprisoned ²  them all for three days.

[33:16]  ¹ tn Heb “returned on his way.”

[42:17]  ² sn The same Hebrew word is used for Joseph’s imprisonment in 40:3, 4, 7. There is some mirroring going on in the narrative. The Hebrew word used here (אָסַף, ’asaf, “to gather”) is not normally used in a context like this (for placing someone in prison), but it forms a wordplay on the name Joseph (יוֹסֵף, yosoef) and keeps the comparison working.