22:20 After these things Abraham was told, “Milcah 1 also has borne children to your brother Nahor –
24:6 “Be careful 2 never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him. 3
24:28 The young woman ran and told her mother’s household all about 4 these things.
42:14 But Joseph told them, “It is just as I said to you: 5 You are spies!
44:21 “Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see 6 him.’ 7
1 tn In the Hebrew text the sentence begins with הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to the statement.
2 tn Heb “guard yourself.”
3 tn The introductory clause “And Abraham said to him” has been moved to the end of the opening sentence of direct discourse in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “according to.”
5 tn Heb “to you, saying.”
6 tn The cohortative after the imperative indicates purpose here.
7 tn Heb “that I may set my eyes upon him.”