Genesis 15:4

15:4 But look, ¹  the word of the Lord came to him: “This man ²  will not be your heir, ³  but instead ⁴  a son ⁵  who comes from your own body will be ⁶  your heir.” ⁷ 

Genesis 30:30

30:30 Indeed, ⁸  you had little before I arrived, ⁹  but now your possessions have increased many times over. ¹⁰  The Lord has blessed you wherever I worked. ¹¹  But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?” ¹² 

Genesis 37:27

37:27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, ¹³  for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed. ¹⁴ 

Genesis 40:5

40:5 Both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream ¹⁵  the same night. ¹⁶  Each man’s dream had its own meaning. ¹⁷ 

Genesis 41:42

41:42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph’s. He clothed him with fine linen ¹⁸  clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

Genesis 47:1

Joseph’s Wise Administration

47:1 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of

Canaan. They are now ¹⁹  in the land of Goshen.”

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¹ tn The disjunctive draws attention to God’s response and the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, translated “look”) mirrors Abram’s statement in v. 3 and highlights the fact that God responded to Abram.

² tn The subject of the verb is the demonstrative pronoun, which can be translated “this one” or “this man.” That the Lord does not mention him by name is significant; often in ancient times the use of the name would bring legitimacy to inheritance and adoption cases.

³ tn Heb “inherit you.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew כִּי־אִם (ki-’im) forms a very strong adversative.

⁵ tn Heb “he who”; the implied referent (Abram’s unborn son who will be his heir) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn The pronoun could also be an emphatic subject: “whoever comes out of your body, he will inherit you.”

⁷ tn Heb “will inherit you.”

⁸ tn Or “for.”

⁹ tn Heb “before me.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and it has broken out with respect to abundance.”

¹¹ tn Heb “at my foot.”

¹² tn Heb “How long [until] I do, also I, for my house?”

¹³ tn Heb “let not our hand be upon him.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “listened.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “dreamed a dream.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “a man his dream in one night.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “a man according to the interpretation of his dream.”

¹⁸ tn The Hebrew word שֵׁשׁ (shesh) is an Egyptian loanword that describes the fine linen robes that Egyptian royalty wore. The clothing signified Joseph’s rank.

¹⁹ tn Heb “Look they [are] in the land of Goshen.” Joseph draws attention to the fact of their presence in Goshen.