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Genesis 46:4

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46:4 I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. 1  Joseph will close your eyes.” 2 

Genesis 50:7

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50:7 So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh’s officials went with him – the senior courtiers 3  of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,

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[46:4]  1 tn Heb “and I, I will bring you up, also bringing up.” The independent personal pronoun before the first person imperfect verbal form draws attention to the speaker/subject, while the infinitive absolute after the imperfect strongly emphasizes the statement: “I myself will certainly bring you up.”

[46:4]  2 tn Heb “and Joseph will put his hand upon your eyes.” This is a promise of peaceful death in Egypt with Joseph present to close his eyes.

[50:7]  3 tn Or “dignitaries”; Heb “elders.”



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