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Genesis 37:21

Context

37:21 When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph 1  from their hands, 2  saying, 3  “Let’s not take his life!” 4 

Genesis 47:28

Context

47:28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years 5  of Jacob’s life were 147 in all.

1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 sn From their hands. The instigators of this plot may have been the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah (see v. 2).

3 tn Heb “and he said.”

4 tn Heb “we must not strike him down [with respect to] life.”

5 tn Heb “the days of the years.”



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