Genesis 34:14

34:14 They said to them, “We cannot give ¹  our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace ²  to us.

Genesis 43:33

43:33 They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. ³  The men looked at each other in astonishment. ⁴ 

Genesis 44:29

44:29 If you take ⁵  this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair ⁶  in tragedy ⁷  to the grave.’ ⁸ 

Genesis 49:24

49:24 But his bow will remain steady,

and his hands ⁹  will be skillful;

because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,

because of ¹⁰  the Shepherd, the Rock ¹¹  of Israel,

[34:14]  ¹ tn Heb “we are not able to do this thing, to give.” The second infinitive is in apposition to the first, explaining what they are not able to do.

[34:14]  ² tn The Hebrew word translated “disgrace” usually means “ridicule; taunt; reproach.” It can also refer to the reason the condition of shame or disgrace causes ridicule or a reproach.

[43:33]  ³ tn Heb “the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth.”

[43:33]  ⁴ sn The brothers’ astonishment indicates that Joseph arranged them in this way. They were astonished because there was no way, as far as they were concerned, that Joseph could have known the order of their birth.

[44:29]  ⁵ tn The construction uses a perfect verbal form with the vav consecutive to introduce the conditional clause and then another perfect verbal form with a vav consecutive to complete the sentence: “if you take…then you will bring down.”

[44:29]  ⁶ sn The expression bring down my gray hair is figurative, using a part for the whole – they would put Jacob in the grave. But the gray head signifies a long life of worry and trouble. See Gen 42:38.

[44:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “evil/calamity.” The term is different than the one used in the otherwise identical statement recorded in v. 31 (see also 42:38).

[44:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “to Sheol,” the dwelling place of the dead.

[49:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “the arms of his hands.”

[49:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “from there,” but the phrase should be revocalized and read “from [i.e., because of] the name of.”

[49:24]  ⁹ tn Or “Stone.”