Genesis 6:21

6:21 And you must take ¹  for yourself every kind of food ²  that is eaten, ³  and gather it together. ⁴  It will be food for you and for them.

Genesis 37:4

37:4 When Joseph’s ⁵  brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, ⁶  they hated Joseph ⁷  and were not able to speak to him kindly. ⁸ 

[6:21]  ¹ tn The verb is a direct imperative: “And you, take for yourself.” The form stresses the immediate nature of the instruction; the pronoun underscores the directness.

[6:21]  ² tn Heb “from all food,” meaning “some of every kind of food.”

[6:21]  ³ tn Or “will be eaten.”

[6:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “and gather it to you.”

[37:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “of his brothers.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun “them.”

[37:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “speak to him for peace.”