Genesis 37:4

37:4 When Joseph’s 1  brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, 2  they hated Joseph 3  and were not able to speak to him kindly. 4 

Genesis 39:10

39:10 Even though she continued to speak 5  to Joseph day after day, he did not respond 6  to her invitation to have sex with her. 7 

1 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “of his brothers.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun “them.”

3 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

4 tn Heb “speak to him for peace.”

5 tn The verse begins with the temporal indicator, followed by the infinitive construct with the preposition כְּ (kÿ). This clause could therefore be taken as temporal.

6 tn Heb “listen to.”

7 tn Heb “to lie beside her to be with her.” Here the expression “to lie beside” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.