Genesis 37:20

37:20 Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild ¹  animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!” ² 

Genesis 37:27

37:27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, ³  for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed. ⁴ 

Genesis 42:19

42:19 If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison ⁵  while the rest of you go ⁶  and take grain back for your hungry families. ⁷ 

[37:20]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word can sometimes carry the nuance “evil,” but when used of an animal it refers to a dangerous wild animal.

[37:20]  ² tn Heb “what his dreams will be.”

[37:27]  ³ tn Heb “let not our hand be upon him.”

[37:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “listened.”

[42:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “bound in the house of your prison.”

[42:19]  ⁶ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial-temporal.

[42:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “[for] the hunger of your households.”