Discovery BoxGenesis 32:18 
Context32:18 then you must say, 1 ‘They belong 2 to your servant Jacob. 3 They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. 4 In fact Jacob himself is behind us.’” 5
Genesis 40:8
Context40:8 They told him, “We both had dreams, 6 but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them 7 to me.”
1 tn The form is the perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive; it has the nuance of an imperfect of instruction.
2 tn The words “they belong” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “to your servant, to Jacob.”
4 tn Heb “to my lord, to Esau.”
5 tn Heb “and look, also he [is] behind us.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “a dream we dreamed.”
7 tn The word “them” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
