Discovery BoxGenesis 42:24 
Context42:24 He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again, 1 he had Simeon taken 2 from them and tied up 3 before their eyes.
Genesis 42:36
Context42:36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. 4 Simeon is gone. 5 And now you want to take 6 Benjamin! Everything is against me.”
1 tn Heb “and he turned to them and spoke to them.”
2 tn Heb “took Simeon.” This was probably done at Joseph’s command, however; the grand vizier of Egypt would not have personally seized a prisoner.
3 tn Heb “and he bound him.” See the note on the preceding verb “taken.”
4 tn Heb “is not.”
5 tn Heb “is not.”
6 tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is desiderative here.
