Genesis 24:53

24:53 Then he ¹  brought out gold, silver jewelry, and clothing and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave valuable gifts to her brother and to her mother.

Genesis 25:6

25:6 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines ²  and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac. ³ 

Genesis 43:15

43:15 So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt ⁴  and stood before Joseph.

Genesis 43:25-26

43:25 They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival ⁵  at noon, for they had heard ⁶  that they were to have a meal ⁷  there.

43:26 When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, ⁸  and they bowed down to the ground before him.

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¹ tn Heb “the servant”; the noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “the sons of the concubines who [belonged] to Abraham.”

³ tn Heb “And he sent them away from upon Isaac his son, while he was still living, eastward to the land of the east.”

⁴ tn Heb “they arose and went down to Egypt.” The first verb has an adverbial function and emphasizes that they departed right away.

⁵ tn The construction uses the infinitive construct after the preposition, followed by the subjective genitive.

⁶ tn The action precedes the action of preparing the gift, and so must be translated as past perfect.

⁷ tn Heb “eat bread.” The imperfect verbal form is used here as a historic future (future from the perspective of the past).

⁸ tn Heb “into the house.”