Genesis 44:3

44:3 When morning came, ¹  the men and their donkeys were sent off. ² 

Genesis 42:16

42:16 One of you must go and get ³  your brother, while ⁴  the rest of you remain in prison. ⁵  In this way your words may be tested to see if ⁶  you are telling the truth. ⁷  If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

[44:3]  ¹ tn Heb “the morning was light.”

[44:3]  ² tn Heb “and the men were sent off, they and their donkeys.” This clause, like the preceding one, has the subject before the verb, indicating synchronic action.

[42:16]  ³ tn Heb “send from you one and let him take.” After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose.

[42:16]  ⁴ tn The disjunctive clause is here circumstantial-temporal.

[42:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “bound.”

[42:16]  ⁶ tn The words “to see” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[42:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “the truth [is] with you.”