Genesis 42:36

42:36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. ¹  Simeon is gone. ²  And now you want to take ³  Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

Genesis 31:2

31:2 When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed. ⁴ 

Genesis 37:30

37:30 returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”

Genesis 44:30

44:30 “So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us – his very life is bound up in his son’s life. ⁵ 

Genesis 31:5

31:5 There he said to them, “I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, ⁶  but the God of my father has been with me.

Genesis 42:13

42:13 They replied, “Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. ⁷  We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, ⁸  and one is no longer alive.” ⁹ 

Genesis 42:32

42:32 We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. ¹⁰  One is no longer alive, ¹¹  and the youngest is with our father at this time ¹²  in the land of Canaan.’

Genesis 44:34

44:34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see ¹³  my father’s pain.” ¹⁴ 

Genesis 30:33

30:33 My integrity will testify for me ¹⁵  later on. ¹⁶  When you come to verify that I’ve taken only the wages we agreed on, ¹⁷  if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen.” ¹⁸ 

Genesis 39:9

39:9 There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do ¹⁹  such a great evil and sin against God?”

Genesis 44:26

44:26 But we replied, ‘We cannot go down there. ²⁰  If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, ²¹  for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’

[42:36]  ¹ tn Heb “is not.”

[42:36]  ² tn Heb “is not.”

[42:36]  ³ tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is desiderative here.

[31:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Jacob saw the face of Laban, and look, he was not with him as formerly.” Jacob knew from the expression on Laban’s face that his attitude toward him had changed – Jacob had become persona non grata.

[44:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “his life is bound up in his life.”

[31:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I see the face of your father, that he is not toward me as formerly.”

[42:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “twelve [were] your servants, brothers [are] we.”

[42:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “today.”

[42:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the one is not.”

[42:32]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “twelve [were] we, brothers, sons of our father [are] we.”

[42:32]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the one is not.”

[42:32]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “today.”

[44:34]  ¹⁹ tn The Hebrew text has “lest I see,” which expresses a negative purpose – “I cannot go up lest I see.”

[44:34]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the calamity which would find my father.”

[30:33]  ²² tn Heb “will answer on my behalf.”

[30:33]  ²³ tn Heb “on the following day,” or “tomorrow.”

[30:33]  ²⁴ tn Heb “when you come concerning my wage before you.”

[30:33]  ²⁵ tn Heb “every one which is not speckled and spotted among the lambs and dark among the goats, stolen it is with me.”

[39:9]  ²⁵ tn The nuance of potential imperfect fits this context.

[44:26]  ²⁸ tn The direct object is not specified in the Hebrew text, but is implied; “there” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[44:26]  ²⁹ tn Heb “go down.”