³ tn Heb “drew near, approached.”

⁴ tn Heb “drew close to.”

² tn Heb “drew near.”

³ tn Or “drew near.”

¹ tn Heb “drew near to.”

³ tn Heb “drew near to.”

² tn Grk “drew near.”

¹ tn Heb “drew near to enter.”

⁶ tn Heb “and they drew near.”

¹ tn Heb “and the female servants drew near, they and their children and they bowed down.”

³ tn Heb “drew near to her.” This is another Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations.

² tc Most LXX mss lack the words “drew it from its sheath.”

¹ tn Heb “everyone who drew near to the table of King Solomon.”

² tn Heb “he took with him seven hundred men, who drew the sword, to break through against.”

² tn Grk “he drew back.” If ἑαυτόν (Jeauton) goes with both ὑπέστελλεν (Jupestellen) and ἀφώριζεν (afwrizen) rather than only the latter, the meaning would be “he drew himself back” (see BDAG 1041 s.v. ὑποστέλλω 1.a).

¹ tn Heb “drew my hand back.” This idiom also occurs in Lam 2:8 and Ps 74:11.

² tn Grk “extending his hand, drew out his sword, and struck.” Because rapid motion is implied in the circumstances, the translation “grabbed” was used.

² tn Heb “they drew and they lifted up.” The referent (Joseph’s brothers) has been specified in the translation for clarity; otherwise the reader might assume the Midianites had pulled Joseph from the cistern (but cf. NAB).

¹ tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).

¹ tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).