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Genesis 33:16

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

Genesis 42:17

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



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