Genesis 40:5

40:5 Both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream ¹  the same night. ²  Each man’s dream had its own meaning. ³ 

Genesis 42:16

42:16 One of you must go and get ⁴  your brother, while ⁵  the rest of you remain in prison. ⁶  In this way your words may be tested to see if ⁷  you are telling the truth. ⁸  If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

[40:5]  ¹ tn Heb “dreamed a dream.”

[40:5]  ² tn Heb “a man his dream in one night.”

[40:5]  ³ tn Heb “a man according to the interpretation of his dream.”

[42:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “send from you one and let him take.” After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose.

[42:16]  ⁵ tn The disjunctive clause is here circumstantial-temporal.

[42:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “bound.”

[42:16]  ⁷ tn The words “to see” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[42:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “the truth [is] with you.”