Genesis 8:15

8:15 Then God spoke to Noah and said,

Genesis 19:7

19:7 He said, “No, my brothers! Don’t act so wickedly! ¹ 

Genesis 19:18

19:18 But Lot said to them, “No, please, Lord! ² 

Genesis 37:22

37:22 Reuben continued, ³  “Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” ⁴  (Reuben said this ⁵  so he could rescue Joseph ⁶  from them ⁷  and take him back to his father.)

Genesis 42:17

42:17 He imprisoned ⁸  them all for three days.

[19:7]  ¹ tn Heb “may my brothers not act wickedly.”

[19:18]  ¹ tn Or “my lords.” See the following note on the problem of identifying the addressee here. The Hebrew term is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[37:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and Reuben said to them.”

[37:22]  ² sn The verbs translated shed, throw, and lay sound alike in Hebrew; the repetition of similar sounds draws attention to Reuben’s words.

[37:22]  ³ tn The words “Reuben said this” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[37:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “from their hands” (cf. v. 21). This expression has been translated as “them” here for stylistic reasons.

[42:17]  ¹ sn The same Hebrew word is used for Joseph’s imprisonment in 40:3, 4, 7. There is some mirroring going on in the narrative. The Hebrew word used here (אָסַף, ’asaf, “to gather”) is not normally used in a context like this (for placing someone in prison), but it forms a wordplay on the name Joseph (יוֹסֵף, yosoef) and keeps the comparison working.