Genesis 44:34

44:34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see ¹  my father’s pain.” ² 

Genesis 46:31

46:31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, ³  ‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

Genesis 50:5

50:5 ‘My father made me swear an oath. He said, ⁴  “I am about to die. Bury me ⁵  in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”

[44:34]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has “lest I see,” which expresses a negative purpose – “I cannot go up lest I see.”

[44:34]  ² tn Heb “the calamity which would find my father.”

[46:31]  ³ tn Heb “tell Pharaoh and say to him.”

[50:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

[50:5]  ⁶ tn The imperfect verbal form here has the force of a command.