Discovery BoxGenesis 23:17 
Context23:17 So Abraham secured 1 Ephron’s field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,
Genesis 41:42
Context41:42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph’s. He clothed him with fine linen 2 clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.
Genesis 41:48
Context41:48 Joseph 3 collected all the excess food 4 in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. 5 In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.
1 tn Heb “And it was conveyed.” The recipient, Abraham (mentioned in the Hebrew text at the beginning of v. 18) has been placed here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn The Hebrew word שֵׁשׁ (shesh) is an Egyptian loanword that describes the fine linen robes that Egyptian royalty wore. The clothing signified Joseph’s rank.
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “all the food.”
5 tn Heb “of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt and placed food in the cities.”
