Genesis 40:3

40:3 so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

Genesis 42:19

42:19 If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison ¹  while the rest of you go ²  and take grain back for your hungry families. ³ 

Genesis 42:24

42:24 He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again, ⁴  he had Simeon taken ⁵  from them and tied up ⁶  before their eyes.

Genesis 46:29

46:29 Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, ⁷  he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

Genesis 49:11

49:11 Binding his foal to the vine,

and his colt to the choicest vine,

he will wash ⁸  his garments in wine,

his robes in the blood of grapes.

[42:19]  ¹ tn Heb “bound in the house of your prison.”

[42:19]  ² tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial-temporal.

[42:19]  ³ tn Heb “[for] the hunger of your households.”

[42:24]  ¹ tn Heb “and he turned to them and spoke to them.”

[42:24]  ² tn Heb “took Simeon.” This was probably done at Joseph’s command, however; the grand vizier of Egypt would not have personally seized a prisoner.

[42:24]  ³ tn Heb “and he bound him.” See the note on the preceding verb “taken.”

[46:29]  ¹ tn Heb “and he appeared to him.”

[49:11]  ¹ tn The perfect verbal form is used rhetorically, describing coming events as though they have already taken place.