Genesis 39:16
Context39:16 So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home.
Genesis 24:31
Context24:31 Laban said to him, 1 “Come, you who are blessed by the Lord! 2 Why are you standing out here when I have prepared 3 the house and a place for the camels?”
Genesis 43:25
Context43:25 They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival 4 at noon, for they had heard 5 that they were to have a meal 6 there.


[24:31] 1 tn Heb “and he said.” The referent (Laban) has been specified and the words “to him” supplied in the translation for clarity.
[24:31] 2 sn Laban’s obsession with wealth is apparent; to him it represents how one is blessed by the
[24:31] 3 tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial.
[43:25] 1 tn The construction uses the infinitive construct after the preposition, followed by the subjective genitive.
[43:25] 2 tn The action precedes the action of preparing the gift, and so must be translated as past perfect.
[43:25] 3 tn Heb “eat bread.” The imperfect verbal form is used here as a historic future (future from the perspective of the past).