Genesis 27:12

27:12 My father may touch me! Then he’ll think I’m mocking him 1  and I’ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”

Genesis 46:4

46:4 I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. 2  Joseph will close your eyes.” 3 

1 tn Heb “Perhaps my father will feel me and I will be in his eyes like a mocker.” The Hebrew expression “I will be in his eyes like” means “I would appear to him as.”

2 tn Heb “and I, I will bring you up, also bringing up.” The independent personal pronoun before the first person imperfect verbal form draws attention to the speaker/subject, while the infinitive absolute after the imperfect strongly emphasizes the statement: “I myself will certainly bring you up.”

3 tn Heb “and Joseph will put his hand upon your eyes.” This is a promise of peaceful death in Egypt with Joseph present to close his eyes.