Genesis 44:21

44:21 “Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see ¹  him.’ ² 

Genesis 39:1

Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

39:1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. ³  An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, ⁴  purchased him from ⁵  the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

[44:21]  ¹ tn The cohortative after the imperative indicates purpose here.

[44:21]  ² tn Heb “that I may set my eyes upon him.”

[39:1]  ³ tn The disjunctive clause resumes the earlier narrative pertaining to Joseph by recapitulating the event described in 37:36. The perfect verbal form is given a past perfect translation to restore the sequence of the narrative for the reader.

[39:1]  ⁴ sn Captain of the guard. See the note on this phrase in Gen 37:36.

[39:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the hand of.”