Genesis 34:23
34:23 If we do so, 1 won’t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”
Genesis 37:17
37:17 The man said, “They left this area, 2 for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
Genesis 37:20
37:20 Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild 3 animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!” 4
1 tn The words “If we do so” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “they traveled from this place.”
3 tn The Hebrew word can sometimes carry the nuance “evil,” but when used of an animal it refers to a dangerous wild animal.
4 tn Heb “what his dreams will be.”