Genesis 34:9

34:9 Intermarry with us. ¹  Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves. ² 

Genesis 43:6

43:6 Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble ³  on me by telling ⁴  the man you had one more brother?”

Genesis 44:19

44:19 My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

Genesis 45:20

45:20 Don’t worry ⁵  about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.’”

Genesis 47:16

47:16 Then Joseph said, “If your money is gone, bring your livestock, and I will give you food ⁶  in exchange for ⁷  your livestock.”

[34:9]  ¹ tn Heb “form marriage alliances with us.”

[34:9]  ² tn Heb “Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.” In the translation the words “let…marry” and “as wives” are supplied for clarity.

[43:6]  ³ tn The verb may even have a moral connotation here, “Why did you do evil to me?”

[43:6]  ⁴ tn The infinitive construct here explains how they brought trouble on Jacob.

[45:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “let not your eye regard.”

[47:16]  ⁷ tn The word “food” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[47:16]  ⁸ tn On the use of the preposition here see BDB 90 s.v. בְּ.