Genesis 33:5

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33:5 When Esau¹ looked up² and saw the women and the children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob³ replied, “The children whom God has graciously given⁴ your servant.”

Genesis 37:2

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37:2 This is the account of Jacob.

Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son,⁵ was taking care of⁶ the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster⁷ working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives.⁸ Joseph brought back a bad report about them⁹ to their father.

Genesis 38:25

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38:25 While they were bringing her out, she sent word¹⁰ to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong.”¹¹ Then she said, “Identify¹² the one to whom the seal, cord, and staff belong.”

[33:5] ¹tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:5] ²tn Heb “lifted up his eyes.”

[33:5] ³tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:5] ⁴tn The Hebrew verb means “to be gracious; to show favor”; here it carries the nuance “to give graciously.”

[37:2] ⁵tn Heb “a son of seventeen years.” The word “son” is in apposition to the name “Joseph.”

[37:2] ⁶tn Or “tending”; Heb “shepherding” or “feeding.”

[37:2] ⁷tn Or perhaps “a helper.” The significance of this statement is unclear. It may mean “now the lad was with,” or it may suggest Joseph was like a servant to them.

[37:2] ⁸tn Heb “and he [was] a young man with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father.”

[37:2] ⁹tn Heb “their bad report.” The pronoun is an objective genitive, specifying that the bad or damaging report was about the brothers.

[38:25] ⁹tn Heb “she was being brought out and she sent.” The juxtaposition of two clauses, both of which place the subject before the predicate, indicates synchronic action.

[38:25] ¹⁰tn Heb “who these to him.”

[38:25] ¹¹tn Or “ recognize; note.” This same Hebrew verb (נָכַר, nakhar) is used at the beginning of v. 26, where it is translated “recognized.”