Genesis 42:16

42:16 One of you must go and get ¹  your brother, while ²  the rest of you remain in prison. ³  In this way your words may be tested to see if ⁴  you are telling the truth. ⁵  If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

Genesis 44:17

44:17 But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of ⁶  you may go back ⁷  to your father in peace.”

[42:16]  ¹ 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]  ² tn The disjunctive clause is here circumstantial-temporal.

[42:16]  ³ tn Heb “bound.”

[42:16]  ⁴ tn The words “to see” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[42:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “the truth [is] with you.”

[44:17]  ⁶ tn The words “the rest of” have been supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[44:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “up” (reflecting directions from their point of view – “up” to Canaan; “down” to Egypt).