Genesis 46:28

46:28 Jacob ¹  sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. ²  So they came to the land of Goshen.

Genesis 24:33

24:33 When food was served, ³  he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.” ⁴  “Tell us,” Laban said. ⁵ 

Genesis 32:3

32:3 Jacob sent messengers on ahead ⁶  to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region ⁷  of Edom.

Genesis 43:33

43:33 They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. ⁸  The men looked at each other in astonishment. ⁹ 

Genesis 44:14

44:14 So Judah and his brothers ¹⁰  came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, ¹¹  and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

Genesis 50:18

50:18 Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.”

Genesis 24:40

24:40 He answered, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked, ¹²  will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father’s family.

Genesis 41:43

41:43 Pharaoh ¹³  had him ride in the chariot used by his second-in-command, ¹⁴  and they cried out before him, “Kneel down!” ¹⁵  So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 48:15

48:15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,

“May the God before whom my fathers

Abraham and Isaac walked –

the God who has been my shepherd ¹⁶ 

all my life long to this day,

[46:28]  ¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[46:28]  ² tn Heb “to direct before him to Goshen.”

[24:33]  ³ tn Heb “and food was placed before him.”

[24:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “my words.”

[24:33]  ⁵ tc Some ancient textual witnesses have a plural verb, “and they said.”

[32:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “before him.”

[32:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “field.”

[43:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth.”

[43:33]  ⁸ sn The brothers’ astonishment indicates that Joseph arranged them in this way. They were astonished because there was no way, as far as they were concerned, that Joseph could have known the order of their birth.

[44:14]  ⁹ sn Judah and his brothers. The narrative is already beginning to bring Judah to the forefront.

[44:14]  ¹⁰ tn The disjunctive clause here provides supplemental information.

[24:40]  ¹¹ tn The verb is the Hitpael of הָלַךְ (halakh), meaning “live one’s life” (see Gen 17:1). The statement may simply refer to serving the Lord or it may have a more positive moral connotation (“serve faithfully”).

[41:43]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Pharaoh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[41:43]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and he caused him to ride in the second chariot which was his.”

[41:43]  ¹⁵ tn The verb form appears to be a causative imperative from a verbal root meaning “to kneel.” It is a homonym of the word “bless” (identical in root letters but not related etymologically).

[48:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “shepherded me.” The verb has been translated as an English noun for stylistic reasons.