³ tn Heb “which belongs to Benjamin.”

² tn Heb “which belongs to Benjamin.”

¹ tn Heb “to the sons of Benjamin.”

¹ tn Heb “from the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul.”

⁴ tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin.”

² sn I will bear the blame before you all my life. It is not clear how this would work out if Benjamin did not come back. But Judah is offering his life for Benjamin’s if Benjamin does not return.

² tn Heb “all Judah and Benjamin.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Judah and Benjamin” here by metonymy for the people of Judah and Benjamin.

¹ sn Little Benjamin, their ruler. This may allude to the fact that Israel’s first king, Saul, was from the tribe of Benjamin.

¹ tn Heb “But Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, Jacob did not send with his brothers.” The disjunctive clause highlights the contrast between Benjamin and the other ten.

¹ tn Heb “Flee for safety, people of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem.”

¹ tn Heb “and he caused to stand everyone who was found in Jerusalem and Benjamin.”

¹ tn Heb “Benjamin turned after him and, look, the whole city went up toward the sky.”

² tn Heb “And Benjamin began to strike down wounded ones among the men of Israel.”

³ tn Heb “Who should go up for us first for battle against the sons of Benjamin?”

¹ tn Heb “and the lot came up for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin.”

¹ tn Here too the Hebrew text simply has “and the tribe of Benjamin.”

² sn Joseph’s language here becomes warmer and more personal, culminating in calling Benjamin my son.

¹ sn The Benjamin Gate would have been a gate in the northern wall leading out toward the territory of Benjamin. It is mentioned only here, in Jer 38:7, and in Zech 14:10.

² tn Heb “to do at their arrival in Geba of Benjamin according to all the disgraceful [thing] which he [collective = “Benjamin”] did in Israel.” Here “Geba” must be an error for “Gibeah.”

³ tn Heb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”