47:18 When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We cannot hide from our 4 lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.
1 tn Heb “and she said to her”; the referent of the pronoun “she” (Leah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “therefore.”
3 tn Heb “lie down.” The expression “lie down with” in this context (here and in the following verse) refers to sexual intercourse. The imperfect verbal form has a permissive nuance here.
4 tn Heb “my.” The expression “my lord” occurs twice more in this verse.