Genesis 44:26

44:26 But we replied, ‘We cannot go down there. ¹  If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, ²  for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’

Genesis 1:16

1:16 God made two great lights ³  – the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also. ⁴ 

Genesis 27:15

27:15 Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

Genesis 42:13

42:13 They replied, “Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. ⁵  We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, ⁶  and one is no longer alive.” ⁷ 

Genesis 42:15

42:15 You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, ⁸  you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

Genesis 44:2

44:2 Then put ⁹  my cup – the silver cup – in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph instructed. ¹⁰ 

Genesis 44:23

44:23 But you said to your servants, ‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’

[44:26]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “go down.”

[1:16]  ³ sn Two great lights. The text goes to great length to discuss the creation of these lights, suggesting that the subject was very important to the ancients. Since these “lights” were considered deities in the ancient world, the section serves as a strong polemic (see G. Hasel, “The Polemical Nature of the Genesis Cosmology,” EvQ 46 [1974]: 81-102). The Book of Genesis is affirming they are created entities, not deities. To underscore this the text does not even give them names. If used here, the usual names for the sun and moon [Shemesh and Yarih, respectively] might have carried pagan connotations, so they are simply described as greater and lesser lights. Moreover, they serve in the capacity that God gives them, which would not be the normal function the pagans ascribed to them. They merely divide, govern, and give light in God’s creation.

[1:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the stars.” Now the term “stars” is added as a third object of the verb “made.” Perhaps the language is phenomenological, meaning that the stars appeared in the sky from this time forward.

[42:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “twelve [were] your servants, brothers [are] we.”

[42:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “today.”

[42:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the one is not.”

[42:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “[By] the life of Pharaoh.”

[44:2]  ⁹ tn The imperfect verbal form is used here to express Joseph’s instructions.

[44:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he did according to the word of Joseph which he spoke.”