Genesis 27:13

27:13 So his mother told him, “Any curse against you will fall on me, 1  my son! Just obey me! 2  Go and get them for me!”

Genesis 48:11

48:11 Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected 3  to see you 4  again, but now God has allowed me to see your children 5  too.”

1 tn Heb “upon me your curse.”

2 tn Heb “only listen to my voice.”

3 tn On the meaning of the Hebrew verb פָּלַל (palal) here, see E. A. Speiser, “The Stem pll in Hebrew,” JBL 82 (1963): 301-6. Speiser argues that this verb means “to estimate” as in Exod 21:22.

4 tn Heb “your face.”

5 tn Heb “offspring.”