Discovery BoxGenesis 41:35 
Context41:35 They should gather all the excess food 1 during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh’s authority 2 they should store up grain so the cities will have food, 3 and they should preserve it. 4
Genesis 50:20
Context50:20 As for you, you meant to harm me, 5 but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day. 6
1 tn Heb “all the food.”
2 tn Heb “under the hand of Pharaoh.”
3 tn Heb “[for] food in the cities.” The noun translated “food” is an adverbial accusative in the sentence.
4 tn The perfect with vav (ו) consecutive carries the same force as the sequence of jussives before it.
5 tn Heb “you devised against me evil.”
6 tn Heb “God devised it for good in order to do, like this day, to preserve alive a great nation.”
