Genesis 42:24

42:24 He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again, ¹  he had Simeon taken ²  from them and tied up ³  before their eyes.

Genesis 42:36

42:36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. ⁴  Simeon is gone. ⁵  And now you want to take ⁶  Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

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¹ tn Heb “and he turned to them and spoke to them.”

² tn Heb “took Simeon.” This was probably done at Joseph’s command, however; the grand vizier of Egypt would not have personally seized a prisoner.

³ tn Heb “and he bound him.” See the note on the preceding verb “taken.”

⁴ tn Heb “is not.”

⁵ tn Heb “is not.”

⁶ tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is desiderative here.