Genesis 43:15

43:15 So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt ¹  and stood before Joseph.

Genesis 43:26

43:26 When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, ²  and they bowed down to the ground before him.

Genesis 35:4

35:4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession ³  and the rings that were in their ears. ⁴  Jacob buried them ⁵  under the oak ⁶  near Shechem

[43:15]  ¹ tn Heb “they arose and went down to Egypt.” The first verb has an adverbial function and emphasizes that they departed right away.

[43:26]  ² tn Heb “into the house.”

[35:4]  ³ tn Heb “in their hand.”

[35:4]  ⁴ sn On the basis of a comparison with Gen 34 and Num 31, G. J. Wenham argues that the foreign gods and the rings could have been part of the plunder that came from the destruction of Shechem (Genesis [WBC], 2:324).

[35:4]  ⁵ sn Jacob buried them. On the burial of the gods, see E. Nielson, “The Burial of the Foreign Gods,” ST 8 (1954/55): 102-22.

[35:4]  ⁶ tn Or “terebinth.”