Genesis 41:12

41:12 Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant ¹  of the captain of the guards, ²  was with us there. We told him our dreams, ³  and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us. ⁴ 

Genesis 37:2

37:2 This is the account of Jacob.

Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, ⁵  was taking care of ⁶  the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster ⁷  working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. ⁸  Joseph brought back a bad report about them ⁹  to their father.

[41:12]  ¹ tn Or “slave.”

[41:12]  ² tn Heb “a servant to the captain of the guards.” On this construction see GKC 419-20 §129.c.

[41:12]  ³ tn The words “our dreams” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[41:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he interpreted for us our dreams, each according to his dream he interpreted.”

[37:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “a son of seventeen years.” The word “son” is in apposition to the name “Joseph.”

[37:2]  ⁶ tn Or “tending”; Heb “shepherding” or “feeding.”

[37:2]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps “a helper.” The significance of this statement is unclear. It may mean “now the lad was with,” or it may suggest Joseph was like a servant to them.

[37:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he [was] a young man with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father.”

[37:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “their bad report.” The pronoun is an objective genitive, specifying that the bad or damaging report was about the brothers.