Discovery BoxGenesis 26:27 
Context26:27 Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me? You hate me 1 and sent me away from you.”
Genesis 34:15
Context34:15 We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become 2 like us by circumcising 3 all your males.
Genesis 45:5
Context45:5 Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, 4 for God sent me 5 ahead of you to preserve life!
1 tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial, expressing the reason for his question.
2 tn Heb “if you are like us.”
3 tn The infinitive here explains how they would become like them.
4 tn Heb “let there not be anger in your eyes.”
5 sn You sold me here, for God sent me. The tension remains as to how the brothers’ wickedness and God’s intentions work together. Clearly God is able to transform the actions of wickedness to bring about some gracious end. But this is saying more than that; it is saying that from the beginning it was God who sent Joseph here. Although harmonization of these ideas remains humanly impossible, the divine intention is what should be the focus. Only that will enable reconciliation.
