Genesis 21:23

21:23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”

Genesis 40:8

40:8 They told him, “We both had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me.”


tn Heb “And now swear to me by God here.”

tn Heb “my offspring and my descendants.”

tn The word “land” refers by metonymy to the people in the land.

tn The Hebrew verb means “to stay, to live, to sojourn” as a temporary resident without ownership rights.

tn Or “kindness.”

tn Heb “According to the loyalty which I have done with you, do with me and with the land in which you are staying.”

tn Heb “a dream we dreamed.”

tn The word “them” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.