Genesis 44:12

44:12 Then the man ¹  searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!

Genesis 45:14

45:14 Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

Genesis 46:21

46:21 The sons of Benjamin: ² 

Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

Genesis 42:36

42:36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. ³  Simeon is gone. ⁴  And now you want to take ⁵  Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

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 ⁶  and stood before Joseph.

Genesis 43:34

43:34 He gave them portions of the food set before him, ⁷  but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk. ⁸ 

[44:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[46:21]  ² sn The sons of Benjamin. It is questionable whether youthful Benjamin had ten sons by the time he went into Egypt, but it is not impossible. If Benjamin was born when Joseph was six or seven, he was ten when Joseph was sold into Egypt, and would have been thirty-two at this point. Some suggest that the list originally served another purpose and included the names of all who were in the immediate family of the sons, whether born in Canaan or later in Egypt.

[42:36]  ³ tn Heb “is not.”

[42:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “is not.”

[42:36]  ⁵ tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is desiderative here.

[43:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “they arose and went down to Egypt.” The first verb has an adverbial function and emphasizes that they departed right away.

[43:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he lifted up portions from before his face to them.”

[43:34]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they drank and were intoxicated with him” (cf. NIV “drank freely with him”; NEB “grew merry”; NRSV “were merry”). The brothers were apparently relaxed and set at ease, despite Joseph’s obvious favoritism toward Benjamin.