Genesis 3:7
Context3:7 Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Genesis 43:25-26
Context43:25 They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival 1 at noon, for they had heard 2 that they were to have a meal 3 there.
43:26 When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, 4 and they bowed down to the ground before him.
Genesis 46:32
Context46:32 The men are shepherds; 5 they take care of livestock. 6 They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
1 tn The construction uses the infinitive construct after the preposition, followed by the subjective genitive.
2 tn The action precedes the action of preparing the gift, and so must be translated as past perfect.
3 tn Heb “eat bread.” The imperfect verbal form is used here as a historic future (future from the perspective of the past).
4 tn Heb “into the house.”
5 tn Heb “feeders of sheep.”
6 tn Heb “for men of livestock they are.”