Genesis 9:24

9:24 When Noah awoke from his drunken stupor ¹  he learned ²  what his youngest son had done ³  to him.

Genesis 29:16

29:16 (Now Laban had two daughters; ⁴  the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.

Genesis 29:18

29:18 Since Jacob had fallen in love with ⁵  Rachel, he said, “I’ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Genesis 42:20

42:20 But you must bring ⁶  your youngest brother to me. Then ⁷  your words will be verified ⁸  and you will not die.” They did as he said. ⁹ 

Genesis 44:12

44:12 Then the man ¹⁰  searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!

[9:24]  ¹ tn Heb “his wine,” used here by metonymy for the drunken stupor it produced.

[9:24]  ² tn Heb “he knew.”

[9:24]  ³ tn The Hebrew verb עָשָׂה (’asah, “to do”) carries too general a sense to draw the conclusion that Ham had to have done more than look on his father’s nakedness and tell his brothers.

[29:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “and to Laban [there were] two daughters.” The disjunctive clause (introduced here by a conjunction and a prepositional phrase) provides supplemental material that is important to the story. Since this material is parenthetical in nature, vv. 16-17 have been set in parentheses in the translation.

[29:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “Jacob loved.”

[42:20]  ¹⁰ tn The imperfect here has an injunctive force.

[42:20]  ¹¹ tn After the injunctive imperfect, this imperfect with vav indicates purpose or result.

[42:20]  ¹² tn The Niphal form of the verb has the sense of “to be faithful; to be sure; to be reliable.” Joseph will test his brothers to see if their words are true.

[42:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “and they did so.”

[44:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household) has been specified in the translation for clarity.