Fear – Genesis, Part 7

Posted on February 16, 2013 by admin

The grain Joseph’s brothers brought back from Egypt didn’t outlast the famine. “Return, buy us a little more food,” their father said. But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ If you send our brother [Joseph’s younger brother Benjamin] with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you. But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”¹

At first Jacob (also called Israel by God) remained reluctant. When Judah reminded him how the Egyptian [their brother Joseph] had questioned them, and promised to be surety for Benjamin, their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man – a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds. Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks – perhaps it was an oversight.”² This reminds me of the strategy Jacob employed when he returned home and met his estranged brother Esau.³

But Israel continued, “Take your brother too, and go right away to the man. May the sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”⁴

You are making me childless! Jacob had complained to his sons. Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.⁵ But Israel was willing to trust the sovereign God with the outcome. Yes, they are the same man, but it reminds me of those born of the flesh of Adam and born from above of the Spirit of God. For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, Paul wrote the Galatians, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.⁶

Joseph’s brothers returned with Benjamin to Egypt. When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant who was over his household, “Bring the men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon.” The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.⁷ Joseph invited his brothers to a meal, but the men were afraid (yārē’, וַיִּֽירְא֣וּ) when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said, “We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!”⁸ As far as I can tell the rabbis who translated the Septuagint left this particular fear out of their Greek translation.

Joseph’s brothers approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house. They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food. But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money – the full amount – in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it. We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”⁹

“Everything is fine,” the man in charge of Joseph’s household told them. “Don’t be afraid (yârêʼ, תִּירָ֗אוּ). Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.¹⁰ In Greek in the Septuagint afraid was φοβεῖσθε (a form of φοβέω). Do not be afraid (φοβεῖσθε) of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul, Jesus told his disciples. Instead, fear¹¹ (φοβεῖσθε) the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.¹² Jesus was sending them to their deaths. That sounds ominous, but Jesus is sending all of us to our deaths whether we believe Him or not. One may die a martyr serving the Savior, another may choke out his last breath from advanced emphysema or heart failure or a brain tumor, but (with the possible exception of those alive and trusting Christ at the time of His return) we are all going to die, or sleep as the New Testament writers seemed to prefer to call it.

The one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell is either God the Father, or the Lord Jesus Himself if I take his teaching literally: For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him [Table].¹³ All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me [Table], Jesus said. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit [Table], teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age [Table].¹⁴

So Matthew 10:28 contains a New Testament occurrence of the fear of the Lord. It’s also a no-win scenario for Bible translators. The first part of Jesus’ statement is fairly clear: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Jesus doesn’t want his followers to be terrified into fleeing from, or struck with fear by, those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. He doesn’t want that fear to stop one from believing or even professing faith in Him.

Still there are other definitions of φοβεῖσθε listed in the NET online Bible. There may be plenty of good reason to be “startled by strange sights or occurrences,” “struck with amazement,” even “to fear” or “be afraid of one” posing some irrational threat of violence. It is wise at times “to fear (i.e. hesitate) to do something (for fear of harm).” It is necessary for conscience’ sake “to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential obedience” those in authority, even those who would kill the body for professing faith in Jesus Christ. And the negation in this quotation is μὴ, the qualified as opposed to the absolute negation according to Strong’s Concordance.

Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell,¹⁵ Jesus continued. It is fairly obvious that Jesus was not telling his disciples to flee in terror from Him, but to “reverence, venerate, to treat [Him] with deference or reverential obedience.” Of course if the translators had translated φοβεῖσθε reverence here, I might have complained that they were obscuring the fact that both words were φοβεῖσθε. Jesus made his point perfectly clear as He continued, Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. Even all the hairs on your head are numbered. So do not be afraid¹⁶ (φοβεῖσθε); you are more valuable than many sparrows.¹⁷ And again, the negation is μὴ, the qualified as opposed to the absolute negation so as not to conflict with the command to fear or reverence Him.

Up to this point in the story Joseph’s brothers feared God’s punishment: Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, they had said to one another, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!¹⁸ But I think something changed in them after everything they’d been through, when Joseph’s steward said: Don’t be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks.¹⁹

So that day they ate and drank with Joseph until they all became drunk.²⁰ But Joseph still didn’t reveal his identity. In fact, he tormented them again. He had his servant return all their money in their sacks, and hide the cup he used for divination in Benjamin’s sack. They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household, “Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?’”²¹ This time, however, the brothers were indignant rather than fearful.

“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing! Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house? If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves!”²²

“You have suggested your own punishment!” Joseph’s servant replied. “The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free.”²³ This, I think, is the tipoff to Joseph’s plan. His servant knew Joseph wanted Benjamin alive even though he had no suspicion why. Joseph, after seeing Benjamin, had to leave the room again, for he was overcome by affection for his brother and was at the point of tears.²⁴ And Joseph knew the famine would continue, for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting,²⁵ he said. By arresting Benjamin Joseph could both spend time with him and guarantee his brothers’ return for more grain. But his brothers upended his scheme.

When Joseph’s servant found the divination cup exactly where he had placed it in Benjamin’s sack, his brothers did not abandon their younger sibling to his fate. They all tore their clothes! [a sign of mourning or repentance] Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.²⁶

Addendum: September 3, 2025
Tables comparing Genesis 43:2; 43:3; 43:4; 43:5; 43:11; 43:12; 43:13; 43:16; 43:17; 43:18; 43:19; 43:20; 43:21; 43:22; 43:23; 43:34; 44:4; 44:7; 44:8; 44:9; 44:10; 43:30; 45:6 and 44:13 in the Tanakh, KJV and NET, and comparing the Greek of Genesis 43:2 (43:1); 43:3 (43:2); 43:4 (43:3); 43:5 (43:4); 43:11 (43:10); 43:12 (43:11); 43:13 (43:12); 43:16 (43:15); 43:17 (43:16); 43:18 (43:17); 43:19 (43:18); 43:20 (43:19); 43:21 (43:20); 43:22 (43:21); 43:23 (43:22); 43:34 (43:33); 44:4; 44:7; 44:8; 44:9; 44:10; 43:30 (43:29); 45:6 and 44:13 in the Septuagint (BLB and Elpenor), and a table comparing Matthew 10:31 in the NET and KJV follow.

Genesis 43:2 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:2 (KJV)	Genesis 43:2 (NET)
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said unto them: ‘Go again, buy us a little food.’	And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.	When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Return, buy us a little more food.”

Genesis 43:2 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:1 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα συνετέλεσαν καταφαγεῖν τὸν σῖτον ὃν ἤνεγκαν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν πάλιν πορευθέντες πρίασθε ἡμῖν μικρὰ βρώματα	ΕΓΕΝΕΤΟ δὲ ἡνίκα συνετέλεσαν καταφαγεῖν τὸν σῖτον, ὃν ἤνεγκαν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν· πάλιν πορευθέντες πρίασθε ἡμῖν μικρὰ βρώματα
Genesis 43:2 (NETS)	Genesis 43:1 (English Elpenor)
And it came about when they had finished eating up the grain that they had brought from Egypt, that then their father said to them, “Again go purchase a few provisions for us.”	And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again; buy us a little food.

Genesis 43:3 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:3 (KJV)	Genesis 43:3 (NET)
And Judah spoke unto him, saying: ‘The man did earnestly forewarn us, saying: Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.	And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.	But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:3 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:2 (Septuagint Elpenor)
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Ιουδας λέγων διαμαρτυρίᾳ διαμεμαρτύρηται ἡμῖν ὁ ἄνθρωπος λέγων οὐκ ὄψεσθε τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐὰν μὴ ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν ὁ νεώτερος μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν ᾖ	εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ᾿Ιούδας λέγων· διαμαρτυρίᾳ μεμαρτύρηται ἡμῖν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ κύριος τῆς γῆς λέγων· οὐκ ὄψεσθε τὸ πρόσωπόν μου, ἐὰν μὴ ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν ὁ νεώτερος μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν ᾖ·
Genesis 43:3 (NETS)	Genesis 43:2 (English Elpenor)
But Ioudas spoke to him, saying, “With a solemn declaration the man has solemnly declared to us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your younger brother be with you.’	And Judas spoke to him, saying, The man, the lord of the country, positively testified to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your younger brother be with you.

Genesis 43:4 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:4 (KJV)	Genesis 43:4 (NET)
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food;	If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:	If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.

Genesis 43:4 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:3 (Septuagint Elpenor)
εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀποστέλλεις τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν καταβησόμεθα καὶ ἀγοράσωμέν σοι βρώματα	εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀποστέλλῃς τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν, καταβησόμεθα, καὶ ἀγοράσομέν σοι βρώματα
Genesis 43:4 (NETS)	Genesis 43:3 (English Elpenor)
If, therefore, you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you provisions,	If, then, thou send our brother with us, we will go down, and buy thee food;

Genesis 43:5 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:5 (KJV)	Genesis 43:5 (NET)
but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down, for the man said unto us: Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.’	But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.	But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”

Genesis 43:5 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:4 (Septuagint Elpenor)
εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀποστέλλεις τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν οὐ πορευσόμεθα ὁ γὰρ ἄνθρωπος εἶπεν ἡμῖν λέγων οὐκ ὄψεσθέ μου τὸ πρόσωπον ἐὰν μὴ ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν ὁ νεώτερος μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν ᾖ	εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀποστέλλῃς τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν, οὐ πορευσόμεθα. ὁ γὰρ ἄνθρωπος εἶπεν ἡμῖν, λέγων· οὐκ ὄψεσθέ μου τὸ πρόσωπον, ἐὰν μὴ ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν ὁ νεώτερος μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν ᾖ
Genesis 43:5 (NETS)	Genesis 43:4 (English Elpenor)
but if you do not send our brother with us, we will not go, for the man spoke to us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your younger brother be with you.’”	but if thou send not our brother with us, we will not go: for the man spoke to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your younger brother be with you.

Genesis 43:11 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:11 (KJV)	Genesis 43:11 (NET)
And their father Israel said unto them: ‘If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds;	And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:	Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

Genesis 43:11 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:10 (Septuagint Elpenor)
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς Ισραηλ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν εἰ οὕτως ἐστίν τοῦτο ποιήσατε λάβετε ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν τῆς γῆς ἐν τοῖς ἀγγείοις ὑμῶν καὶ καταγάγετε τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ δῶρα τῆς ῥητίνης καὶ τοῦ μέλιτος θυμίαμα καὶ στακτὴν καὶ τερέμινθον καὶ κάρυα	εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς ᾿Ισραὴλ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν· εἰ οὕτως ἐστί, τοῦτο ποιήσατε· λάβετε ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν τῆς γῆς ἐν τοῖς ἀγγείοις ὑμῶν καὶ καταγάγετε τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ δῶρα τῆς ρητίνης καὶ τοῦ μέλιτος, θυμίαμά τε καὶ στακτὴν καὶ τερέβινθον καὶ κάρυα
Genesis 43:11 (NETS)	Genesis 43:10 (English Elpenor)
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it is so, do this: take some of the fruits of the land in your containers, and bring down presents to the man, some pine resin and some honey, incense and oil and myrrh and terebinth and nuts.	And Israel, their father, said to them, If it be so, do this; take of the fruits of the earth in your vessels, and carry down to the man presents of gum and honey, and frankincense, and stacte, and turpentine, and walnuts.

Genesis 43:12 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:12 (KJV)	Genesis 43:12 (NET)
and take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry back in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight;	And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:	Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks—perhaps it was an oversight.

Genesis 43:12 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:11 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον δισσὸν λάβετε ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν ὑμῶν τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ ἀποστραφὲν ἐν τοῖς μαρσίπποις ὑμῶν ἀποστρέψατε μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν μήποτε ἀγνόημά ἐστιν	καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον δισσὸν λάβετε ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν ὑμῶν· καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ ἀποστραφὲν ἐν τοῖς μαρσίπποις ὑμῶν ἀποστρέψατε μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν· μή ποτε ἀγνόημά ἐστι
Genesis 43:12 (NETS)	Genesis 43:11 (English Elpenor)
And take twice the money in your hands; bring back with you that money that was returned in your bags; perhaps it is a mistake.	And take double money in your hands, and the money that was returned in your sacks, carry back with you, lest peradventure it is a mistake.

Genesis 43:13 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:13 (KJV)	Genesis 43:13 (NET)
take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man;	Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:	Take your brother too, and go right away to the man.

Genesis 43:13 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:12 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν λάβετε καὶ ἀναστάντες κατάβητε πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον	καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν λάβετε καὶ ἀναστάντες κατάβητε πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον
Genesis 43:13 (NETS)	Genesis 43:12 (English Elpenor)
Take your brother also and rise, go down to the man.	And take your brother; and arise, go down to the man.

Genesis 43:16 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:16 (KJV)	Genesis 43:16 (NET)
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: ‘Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.’	And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.	When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant who was over his household, “Bring the men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon.”

Genesis 43:16 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:15 (Septuagint Elpenor)
εἶδεν δὲ Ιωσηφ αὐτοὺς καὶ τὸν Βενιαμιν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν ὁμομήτριον καὶ εἶπεν τῷ ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ εἰσάγαγε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ σφάξον θύματα καὶ ἑτοίμασον μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ γὰρ φάγονται οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἄρτους τὴν μεσημβρίαν	εἶδε δὲ ᾿Ιωσὴφ αὐτοὺς καὶ τὸν Βενιαμὶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν ὁμομήτριον καὶ εἶπε τῷ ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ· εἰσάγαγε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ σφάξον θύματα καὶ ἑτοίμασον· μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ γὰρ φάγονται οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἄρτους τὴν μεσημβρίαν
Genesis 43:16 (NETS)	Genesis 43:15 (English Elpenor)
And Ioseph saw them and his brother Beniamin, and he said to the one in charge of his household, “Bring the men in to the house, and slaughter animals, and make ready, for the men shall eat bread loaves with me during the noon hour.”	And Joseph saw them and his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said to the steward of his household, Bring the men into the house, and slay beasts and make ready, for the men are to eat bread with me at noon.

Genesis 43:17 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:17 (KJV)	Genesis 43:17 (NET)
And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.	And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.	The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

Genesis 43:17 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:16 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐποίησεν δὲ ὁ ἄνθρωπος καθὰ εἶπεν Ιωσηφ καὶ εἰσήγαγεν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ιωσηφ	ἐποίησε δὲ ὁ ἄνθρωπος, καθὰ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωσήφ, καὶ εἰσήγαγε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους εἰς τὸν οἶκον ᾿Ιωσήφ
Genesis 43:17 (NETS)	Genesis 43:16 (English Elpenor)
And the man did just as Ioseph said, and he brought the men in to the house of Ioseph.	And the man did as Joseph said; and he brought the men into the house of Joseph.

Genesis 43:18 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:18 (KJV)	Genesis 43:18 (NET)
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said: ‘Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.’	And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.	But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said, “We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!”

Genesis 43:18 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:17 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ἄνθρωποι ὅτι εἰσήχθησαν εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ιωσηφ εἶπαν διὰ τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ ἀποστραφὲν ἐν τοῖς μαρσίπποις ἡμῶν τὴν ἀρχὴν ἡμεῖς εἰσαγόμεθα τοῦ συκοφαντῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπιθέσθαι ἡμῖν τοῦ λαβεῖν ἡμᾶς εἰς παῖδας καὶ τοὺς ὄνους ἡμῶν	ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ἄνδρες ὅτι εἰσήχθησαν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ᾿Ιωσήφ, εἶπαν· διὰ τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ ἀποστραφὲν ἐν τοῖς μαρσίπποις ἡμῶν τὴν ἀρχὴν ἡμεῖς εἰσαγόμεθα τοῦ συκοφαντῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπιθέσθαι ἡμῖν τοῦ λαβεῖν ἡμᾶς εἰς παῖδας καὶ τοὺς ὄνους ἡμῶν
Genesis 43:18 (NETS)	Genesis 43:17 (English Elpenor)
Now when the men saw that they were brought in to Ioseph’s house, they said, “Because of the money that was returned in our bags at first we are being brought in so that he may accuse us falsely and set upon us, to take us as slaves with our donkeys.”	And the men, when they perceived that they were brought into the house of Joseph, said, We are brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first; even in order to inform against us, and lay it to our charge; to take us for servants, and our asses.

Genesis 43:19 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:19 (KJV)	Genesis 43:19 (NET)
And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke unto him at the door of the house,	And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,	So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

Genesis 43:19 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:18 (Septuagint Elpenor)
προσελθόντες δὲ πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ οἴκου Ιωσηφ ἐλάλησαν αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ πυλῶνι τοῦ οἴκου	προσελθόντες δὲ πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ᾿Ιωσὴφ ἐλάλησαν αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ πυλῶνι τοῦ οἴκου
Genesis 43:19 (NETS)	Genesis 43:18 (English Elpenor)
And going to the man who was in charge of Ioseph’s house, they spoke with him in the gateway of the house,	And having approached the man who was over the house of Joseph, they spoke to him in the porch of the house,

Genesis 43:20 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:20 (KJV)	Genesis 43:20 (NET)
and said: ‘Oh my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food.	And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:	They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

Genesis 43:20 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:19 (Septuagint Elpenor)
λέγοντες δεόμεθα κύριε κατέβημεν τὴν ἀρχὴν πρίασθαι βρώματα	λέγοντες· δεόμεθα, κύριε, κατέβημεν τὴν ἀρχὴν πρίασθαι βρώματα
Genesis 43:20 (NETS)	Genesis 43:19 (English Elpenor)
saying, “We plead, lord; we came down at first to purchase provisions.	saying, We pray [thee], Sir; we came down at first to buy food.

Genesis 43:21 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:21 (KJV)	Genesis 43:21 (NET)
And it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; and we have brought it back in our hand.	And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.	But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money—the full amount—in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it.

Genesis 43:21 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:20 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἤλθομεν εἰς τὸ καταλῦσαι καὶ ἠνοίξαμεν τοὺς μαρσίππους ἡμῶν καὶ τόδε τὸ ἀργύριον ἑκάστου ἐν τῷ μαρσίππῳ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν ἐν σταθμῷ ἀπεστρέψαμεν νῦν ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν ἡμῶν	ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἤλθομεν εἰς τὸ καταλῦσαι καὶ ἠνοίξαμεν τοὺς μαρσίππους ἡμῶν, καὶ τόδε τὸ ἀργύριον ἑκάστου ἐν τῷ μαρσίππῳ αὐτοῦ· τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν ἐν σταθμῷ ἀπεστρέψαμεν νῦν ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν ἡμῶν
Genesis 43:21 (NETS)	Genesis 43:20 (English Elpenor)
Now it came about when we came to the lodging and opened our bags, that then there was the money of each one in his bag! Our money by weight we have now brought back in our hands,	And it came to pass, when we came to unlade, and opened our sacks, [there was] also this money of each in his sack; we have now brought back our money by weight in our hands.

Genesis 43:22 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:22 (KJV)	Genesis 43:22 (NET)
And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We know not who put our money in our sacks.’	And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.	We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”

Genesis 43:22 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:21 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἀργύριον ἕτερον ἠνέγκαμεν μεθ᾽ ἑαυτῶν ἀγοράσαι βρώματα οὐκ οἴδαμεν τίς ἐνέβαλεν τὸ ἀργύριον εἰς τοὺς μαρσίππους ἡμῶν	καὶ ἀργύριον ἕτερον ἠνέγκαμεν μεθ᾿ ἑαυτῶν ἀγοράσαι βρώματα· οὐκ οἴδαμεν, τίς ἐνέβαλε τὸ ἀργύριον εἰς τοὺς μαρσίππους ἡμῶν
Genesis 43:22 (NETS)	Genesis 43:21 (English Elpenor)
and we have brought with ourselves other money to buy provisions. We do not know who put our money into our bags.”	And we have brought other money with us to buy food; we know not who put the money into our sacks.

Genesis 43:23 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:23 (KJV)	Genesis 43:23 (NET)
And he said: ‘Peace be to you, fear not; your G-d, and the G-d of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks; I had your money.’ And he brought Simeon out unto them.	And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.	“Everything is fine,” the man in charge of Joseph’s household told them. “Don’t be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.

Genesis 43:23 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:22 (Septuagint Elpenor)
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς ἵλεως ὑμῖν μὴ φοβεῖσθε ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν καὶ ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν ἔδωκεν ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐν τοῖς μαρσίπποις ὑμῶν τὸ δὲ ἀργύριον ὑμῶν εὐδοκιμοῦν ἀπέχω καὶ ἐξήγαγεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸν Συμεων	εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς· ἵλεως ὑμῖν, μὴ φοβεῖσθε· ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν καὶ ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν ἔδωκεν ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐν τοῖς μαρσίπποις ὑμῶν, καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον ὑμῶν εὐδοκιμοῦν ἀπέχω. καὶ ἐξήγαγε πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸν Συμεὼν
Genesis 43:23 (NETS)	Genesis 43:22 (English Elpenor)
But he said to them, “May he be gracious to you; do not be afraid; your God and the God of your fathers gave you treasures in your bags, but I have your good money in full.” And he brought Symeon out to them.	And he said to them, [God deal] mercifully with you; be not afraid; your God, and the God of your fathers, has given you treasures in your sacks, and I have enough of your good money. And he brought Symeon out to them.

Genesis 43:34 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:34 (KJV)	Genesis 43:34 (NET)
And portions were taken unto them from before him; but Benjamin’s portion was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.	And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.	He gave them portions of the food set before him, but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk.

Genesis 43:34 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:33 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἦραν δὲ μερίδας παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτούς ἐμεγαλύνθη δὲ ἡ μερὶς Βενιαμιν παρὰ τὰς μερίδας πάντων πενταπλασίως πρὸς τὰς ἐκείνων ἔπιον δὲ καὶ ἐμεθύσθησαν μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ	ᾖραν δὲ μερίδας παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτούς· ἐμεγαλύνθη δὲ ἡ μερὶς Βενιαμὶν παρὰ τὰς μερίδας πάντων πενταπλασίως πρὸς τὰς ἐκείνων, ἔπιον δὲ καὶ ἐμεθύσθησαν μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ
Genesis 43:34 (NETS)	Genesis 43:33 (English Elpenor)
And they carried portions to them from him, but Beniamin’s portion was magnified beyond the portions of all, five-fold in comparison to the ones of those. And they drank and became intoxicated with him.	And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as the portions of [the others]. And they drank and were filled with drink with him.

Genesis 44:4 (Tanakh)	Genesis 44:4 (KJV)	Genesis 44:4 (NET)
And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward: ‘Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them: Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?	And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?	They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household, “Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

Genesis 44:4, 5a (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 44:4 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐξελθόντων δὲ αὐτῶν τὴν πόλιν οὐκ ἀπέσχον μακράν καὶ Ιωσηφ εἶπεν τῷ ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ ἀναστὰς ἐπιδίωξον ὀπίσω τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ καταλήμψῃ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐρεῖς αὐτοῖς τί ὅτι ἀνταπεδώκατε πονηρὰ ἀντὶ καλῶν (44:5a) ἵνα τί ἐκλέψατέ μου τὸ κόνδυ τὸ ἀργυροῦν	ἐξελθόντων δὲ αὐτῶν τὴν πόλιν, οὐκ ἀπέσχον μακράν, καὶ ᾿Ιωσὴφ εἶπε τῷ ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ· ἀναστὰς ἐπιδίωξον ὀπίσω τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ καταλήψῃ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐρεῖς αὐτοῖς· τί ὅτι ἀνταπεδώκατε πονηρὰ ἀντὶ καλῶν; ἱνατί ἐκλέψατέ μου τὸ κόνδυ τὸ ἀργυροῦν
Genesis 44:4 (NETS)	Genesis 44:4, 5a (English Elpenor)
Now when they had gone from the city, they were not far off, and Ioseph said to the one in charge of his household, “Rise, pursue after the men, and you shall overtake them and say to them, ‘Why is it that you returned evil for good? Why did you steal my silver cup?	And when they had gone out of the city, [and] were not far off, then Joseph said to his steward, Arise, and pursue after the men; and thou shalt overtake them, and say to them, Why have ye returned evil for good? (5a) Why have ye stolen my silver cup?

Genesis 44:7 (Tanakh)	Genesis 44:7 (KJV)	Genesis 44:7 (NET)
And they said unto him: ‘Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.	And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:	They answered him, “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

Genesis 44:7 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 44:7 (Septuagint Elpenor)
οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ ἵνα τί λαλεῖ ὁ κύριος κατὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα μὴ γένοιτο τοῖς παισίν σου ποιῆσαι κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο	οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· ἱνατί λαλεῖ ὁ κύριος κατὰ τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα; μὴ γένοιτο τοῖς παισί σου ποιῆσαι κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο
Genesis 44:7 (NETS)	Genesis 44:7 (English Elpenor)
Then they said to him, “Why does our lord speak according to these words? Heaven forbid for your servants to do according to this word!	And they said to him, Why does our lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word.

Genesis 44:8 (Tanakh)	Genesis 44:8 (KJV)	Genesis 44:8 (NET)
Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought back unto thee out of the land of Canaan; how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?	Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?	Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Genesis 44:8 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 44:8 (Septuagint Elpenor)
εἰ τὸ μὲν ἀργύριον ὃ εὕρομεν ἐν τοῖς μαρσίπποις ἡμῶν ἀπεστρέψαμεν πρὸς σὲ ἐκ γῆς Χανααν πῶς ἂν κλέψαιμεν ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ κυρίου σου ἀργύριον ἢ χρυσίον	εἰ τὸ μὲν ἀργύριον, ὁ εὕρομεν ἐν τοῖς μαρσίπποις ἡμῶν, ἀπεστρέψαμεν πρὸς σὲ ἐκ γῆς Χαναάν, πῶς ἂν κλέψαιμεν ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ κυρίου σου ἀργύριον ἢ χρυσίον
Genesis 44:8 (NETS)	Genesis 44:8 (English Elpenor)
If indeed the money that we found in our bags we brought back to you from the land of Chanaan, how would we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?	If we brought back to thee out of the land of Chanaan the money which we found in our sacks, how should we steal silver or gold out of the house of thy lord?

Genesis 44:9 (Tanakh)	Genesis 44:9 (KJV)	Genesis 44:9 (NET)
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.’	With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.	If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves!”

Genesis 44:9 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 44:9 (Septuagint Elpenor)
παρ᾽ ᾧ ἂν εὑρεθῇ τὸ κόνδυ τῶν παίδων σου ἀποθνῃσκέτω καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐσόμεθα παῖδες τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν	παρ᾿ ᾧ ἂν εὕρῃς τὸ κόνδυ τῶν παίδων σου, ἀποθνησκέτω· καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐσόμεθα παῖδες τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν
Genesis 44:9 (NETS)	Genesis 44:9 (English Elpenor)
As for the one among your servants with whom the cup should be found, let him die, but as for us, we will be slaves to our lord.”	With whomsoever of thy servants thou shalt find the cup, let him die; and, moreover, we will be servants to our lord.

Genesis 44:10 (Tanakh)	Genesis 44:10 (KJV)	Genesis 44:10 (NET)
And he said: ‘Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my bondman; and ye shall be blameless.’	And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.	He replied, “You have suggested your own punishment! The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free.”

Genesis 44:10 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 44:10 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν καὶ νῦν ὡς λέγετε οὕτως ἔσται ὁ ἄνθρωπος παρ᾽ ᾧ ἂν εὑρεθῇ τὸ κόνδυ αὐτὸς ἔσται μου παῖς ὑμεῖς δὲ ἔσεσθε καθαροί	ὁ δὲ εἶπε· καὶ νῦν ὡς λέγετε, οὕτως ἔσται· παρ᾿ ᾧ ἂν εὑρεθῇ τὸ κόνδυ, ἔσται μου παῖς, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἔσεσθε καθαροί
Genesis 44:10 (NETS)	Genesis 44:10 (English Elpenor)
And he said, “Even now, as you say thus it shall be: the one with whom the cup should be found shall be my slave, but as for you, you shall be clear.”	And he said, Now then it shall be as ye say; with whomsoever the cup shall be found, he shall be my servant, and ye shall be clear.

Genesis 43:30 (Tanakh)	Genesis 43:30 (KJV)	Genesis 43:30 (NET)
And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned toward his brother; and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.	And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.	Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome by affection for his brother and was at the point of tears. So he went to his room and wept there.

Genesis 43:30 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 43:29 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐταράχθη δὲ Ιωσηφ συνεστρέφετο γὰρ τὰ ἔντερα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐζήτει κλαῦσαι εἰσελθὼν δὲ εἰς τὸ ταμιεῖον ἔκλαυσεν ἐκεῖ	ἐταράχθη δὲ ᾿Ιωσήφ, συνεστρέφετο γὰρ τὰ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐζήτει κλαῦσαι· εἰσελθὼν δὲ εἰς τὸ ταμεῖον ἔκλαυσεν ἐκεῖ
Genesis 43:30 (NETS)	Genesis 43:29 (English Elpenor)
Abd Ioseph was troubled, for his insides were twisting up over his brother, and he was seeking to weep. And going into the chamber he wept there.	And Joseph was troubled, for his bowels yearned over his brother, and he sought to weep; and he went into his chamber, and wept there.

Genesis 45:6 (Tanakh)	Genesis 45:6 (KJV)	Genesis 45:6 (NET)
For these two years hath the famine been in the land; and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.	For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.	For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

Genesis 45:6 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 45:6 (Septuagint Elpenor)
τοῦτο γὰρ δεύτερον ἔτος λιμὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἔτι λοιπὰ πέντε ἔτη ἐν οἷς οὐκ ἔσται ἀροτρίασις οὐδὲ ἄμητος	τοῦτο γὰρ δεύτερον ἔτος λιμὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἔτι λοιπὰ πέντε ἔτη, ἐν οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν ἀροτρίασις οὐδὲ ἄμητος
Genesis 45:6 (NETS)	Genesis 45:6 (English Elpenor)
For famine is on the earth this second year, and there are still five years remaining in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.	For this second year there is famine on the earth, and there are yet five years remaining, in which there is to be neither ploughing, nor mowing.

Genesis 44:13 (Tanakh)	Genesis 44:13 (KJV)	Genesis 44:13 (NET)
And they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.	Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.	They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.

Genesis 44:13 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 44:13 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ διέρρηξαν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἕκαστος τὸν μάρσιππον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν ὄνον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν	καὶ διέρρηξαν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἕκαστος τὸν μάρσιππον αὐτοῦ ἐπί τὸν ὄνον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν
Genesis 44:13 (NETS)	Genesis 44:13 (English Elpenor)
And they tore their clothes, and each one put his bag on his donkey, and they returned to the city.	And they rent their garments, and laid each man his sack on his ass, and returned to the city.

Matthew 10:31 (Septuagint BLB)	Matthew 10:31 (Septuagint Elpenor)
So do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.	Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Matthew 10:31 (Tanakh)	Matthew 10:31 (KJV)	Matthew 10:31 (NET)
μὴ οὖν φοβεῖσθε· πολλῶν στρουθίων διαφέρετε ὑμεῖς	μη ουν φοβηθητε πολλων στρουθιων διαφερετε υμεις	μη ουν φοβηθητε πολλων στρουθιων διαφερετε υμεις

Fear – Genesis, Part 8

Back to Son of God – John, Part 3

Back to Fear – Numbers, Part 4

¹ Genesis 43:2b-5 (NET)

² Genesis 43:11, 12 (NET)

³ Genesis 32-33 (NET)

⁴ Genesis 43:13, 14 (NET)

⁵ Genesis 42:36 (NET) Table

⁶ Galatians 5:17 (NET) Table

⁷ Genesis 43:16, 17 (NET)

⁸ Genesis 43:18 (NET)

⁹ Genesis 43:19-22 (NET)

¹⁰ Genesis 43:23 (NET)

¹¹ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had φοβεῖσθε here, a form of φοβέω in the present tense, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had φοβηθητε in the aorist tense.

¹² Matthew 10:28 (NET) Table

¹³ John 5:20-23 (NET)

¹⁴ Matthew 28:18-20 (NET)

¹⁵ Matthew 10:28b (NET) Table

¹⁶ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had φοβεῖσθε here, a form of φοβέω in the indicative or imperative mood, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had φοβηθητε in the imperative mood.

¹⁷ Matthew 10:29-31 (NET)

¹⁸ Genesis 42:21 (NET)

¹⁹ Genesis 43:23a (NET)

²⁰ Genesis 43:34b (NET)

²¹ Genesis 44:4 (NET)

²² Genesis 44:7-9 (NET)

²³ Genesis 44:10 (NET)

²⁴ Genesis 43:30 (NET)

²⁵ Genesis 45:6 (NET)

²⁶ Genesis 44:13 (NET)

Fear – Genesis, Part 6

Posted on January 30, 2013 by admin

After Jacob and his family spent some time in Bethel they moved on to Ephrath (Bethlehem). On the way Rachel went into labor – and her labor was hard. When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid (yārē’
, תִּירְאִי), for you are having another son.”¹ The rabbis who translated the Septuagint changed the word to θάρσει in Greek. “Have courage (θάρσει), son! Jesus said to the paralytic lying on a mat. Your sins are forgiven.”² With her dying breath, Rachel named him Ben-Oni [NET note 38: “son of my suffering”]. But his father called him Benjamin [NET note 39: “son of the (or “my”) right hand”] instead.³

Rachel was Jacob’s favorite wife. Her father had tricked him into marrying her sister Leah as well. Bilhah and Zilpah, Rachel’s and Leah’s servant girls, were given to Jacob when the sisters vied with each other for their husband’s affection. Joseph, Rachel’s firstborn, was Jacob’s favorite son. Joseph’s elder brothers hated him. On top of that Joseph had a couple of dreams which indicated to his brothers and Jacob that Joseph thought he would rule over them.

Joseph’s brothers decided to kill him. Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, talked his younger siblings down from murder. They put Joseph in a dry cistern. Reuben hoped to return later to rescue him. Judah—Leah’s fourth born son after Reuben, Simeon and Levi—said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.⁴ The Ishmaelites sold Joseph to Potiphar the Egyptian, and eventually Joseph became a ruler in Egypt because of his ability to interpret prophetic dreams.

There was a famine in the land and Jacob sent ten of Joseph’s brothers to Egypt to buy grain. Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.⁵ Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him. Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!”⁶

Though I have heard it many times I am not persuaded that Joseph had some wise master plan to test his brothers’ repentance. I think he was the outcast little brother who had his elder brothers right where he wanted them, and he wanted to make them squirm. Beyond that he wanted to see his younger brother Benjamin. But when he heard his brothers’ fears, he was moved, perhaps even to a repentance of his own: They said to one other, “Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!” Reuben said to them, “Didn’t I say to you, ‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!”⁷

Joseph spoke to them through an interpreter, but understood their language as they whispered among themselves. He turned away from them and wept.⁸ Here, I can be persuaded that Joseph began to formulate a plan to both save face as a ruler of Egypt who had embarked on a path of revenge, and to share with his brothers some of the mercy the Lord had shown him. When he turned around and spoke to them again, he had Simeon taken from them and tied up before their eyes. Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out.⁹

On their return journey one of the brothers discovered the money in his sack. They were dismayed; they turned trembling one to another and said, “What in the world has God done to us?”¹⁰ The brothers were so sure that God was punishing them they misunderstood his mercy. The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land,¹¹ they told Jacob their father. Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, “This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go. But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.”¹²

When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid (yârêʼ, וַיִּירָאוּ).¹³ In the Septuagint this was translated ἐφοβήθησαν. Jesus took Peter, James, and John up a mountain. And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light [Table]. Then Moses and Elijah also appeared before them, talking with him [Table].¹⁴ Peter, James and John took all this in stride. They had been with Jesus awhile by then and were becoming somewhat accustomed to the spectacular and miraculous events that accompanied Him.

Peter offered to build three shelters (or, shrines) to honor Jesus, Moses and Elijah. While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!” When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear (ἐφοβήθησαν, a form of φοβέω) and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground [Table].¹⁵ I don’t know how to write about the relationship of these two passages without first considering the Son of God.

I can’t help but feel a great sympathy for those who pursued a law of righteousness.¹⁶ About the time they got a really firm grasp on the fact that Yahweh was not like the gods of the nations, He visited them as a pagan myth, a Son of God. Growing up I would have interpreted the statement, God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him,¹⁷ this way: “Yahweh has sent Jesus into the world so that we may live through Him.” But the more seriously I take Jesus’ words, before Abraham came into existence, I am!¹⁸ the more I am compelled to acknowledge that it was Yahweh (He is; I am was literally the unspeakable name of God) who was sent into the world to be born as a human being named Jesus (the Greek translation of Yahweh saves in Hebrew) so that we may live through Him [Addendum 7/22/2025: Much of this came into question in my own mind years later]. Then Yahweh/Jesus began to speak of another God, his Father, whom no one had known: no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.¹⁹

The voice that frightened Peter, James and John also spoke after Jesus’ baptism, This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight.²⁰ After Jesus walked on the water and calmed the storm, those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”²¹ Peter testified, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!” [Table]²² Then he instructed his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.²³ And as they came down the mountain after his transfiguration Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”²⁴ The reason for this gag order was fairly obvious (Matthew 26:63-66 NET):

The high priest²⁵ said to [Jesus], “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.” Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the²⁶ blasphemy! What is your verdict?” They answered,²⁷ “He is guilty and deserves death.”

I was curious how the three carried out the Lord’s command to tell about the vision after Jesus’ resurrection. James, John’s brother, didn’t write any of the New Testament and Herod had him executed with a sword²⁸ early in the first century. Peter described Jesus as both Lord and Christ but did not mention the offensive Son of God in any of his recorded sermons in Acts. In fact, in one sermon it seemed that Peter was still making Jesus equal to Moses: “Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’”²⁹ Did Peter not know that Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant…[Table] But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house?³⁰ Or am I in error when I assume that he was ascribing this prophecy to Christ, the Son of God? Peter did however recount the story of the transfiguration in his second letter (2 Peter 1:16-18 NET):

For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur. For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory: “This is my³¹ dear Son, in whom I am delighted.” When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves heard it, for we were with him on the³² holy mountain.

John was the one who wrote most forthrightly about Jesus as the Son of God. In all fairness to Peter, John probably didn’t write any of these things until after 70 A.D. when the ecclesiastical power of those who pursued a law of righteousness was destroyed. And this is where I began to see the relationship of the two fears (ἐφοβήθησαν). Both groups of men were eyewitnesses to the mercy of God and both groups feared punishment because God’s mercy did not match their preconceptions (or their rulers’ preconceptions) of “what is,” or “how things should be.” Despite all of God’s mercy toward him Jacob was most eloquent in his fear when he complained to his sons, You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.³³

Addendum: July 28, 2025
Tables comparing Genesis 35:16; 35:17; 35:18; 37:26; 37:27; 42:6; 42:8; 42:9; 42:21; 42:22; 42:24; 42:25; 42:28; 42:30; 42:33; 42:34; 42:35 and 42:36 in the Tanakh, KJV and NET, and comparing the Greek of Genesis 35:16 (35:21, 16); 35:17; 35:18; 37:26; 37:27; 42:6; 42:8; 42:9; 42:21; 42:22; 42:24; 42:25; 42:28; 42:30; 42:33; 42:34; 42:35 and 42:36 in the Septuagint (BLB and Elpenor), and tables comparing Matthew 26:63; 26:65, 66; Acts 12:2; Hebrews 3:6 and 2 Peter 1:17, 18 in the KJV and NET follow.

Genesis 35:16 (Tanakh)	Genesis 35:16 (KJV)	Genesis 35:16 (NET)
And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.	And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.	They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor—and her labor was hard.

Genesis 35:16 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 35:16 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἀπάρας δὲ Ιακωβ ἐκ Βαιθηλ ἔπηξεν τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ πύργου Γαδερ ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἤγγισεν Χαβραθα εἰς γῆν ἐλθεῖν Εφραθα ἔτεκεν Ραχηλ καὶ ἐδυστόκησεν ἐν τῷ τοκετῷ	᾿Απάρας δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ ἐκ Βαιθήλ, ἔπηξε τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ πύργου Γαδέρ. ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἤγγισεν εἰς Χαβραθὰ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὴν ᾿Εφραθᾶ, ἔτεκε Ραχὴλ καὶ ἐδυστόκησεν ἐν τῷ τοκετῷ
Genesis 35:16 (NETS)	Genesis 35:16 (English Elpenor)
(21) Then after Iakob had set out from Baithel, he pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader. (16) Now it came about when he drew near Chabratha to go to the land of Ephratha, that Rachel gave birth, and she experienced severe birth pangs in the birth.	[And Jacob removed from Baethel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader,]* and it came to pass when he drew nigh to Chabratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel travailed; and in her travail she was in hard labour.

Genesis 35:17 (Tanakh)	Genesis 35:17 (KJV)	Genesis 35:17 (NET)
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the mid-wife said unto her: ‘Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.’	And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.	When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.”

Genesis 35:17 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 35:17 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ σκληρῶς αὐτὴν τίκτειν εἶπεν αὐτῇ ἡ μαῖα θάρσει καὶ γὰρ οὗτός σοί ἐστιν υἱός	ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ σκληρῶς αὐτὴν τίκτειν, εἶπεν αὐτῇ ἡ μαῖα· θάρσει, καὶ γὰρ οὗτός σοί ἐστιν υἱός
Genesis 35:17 (NETS)	Genesis 35:17 (English Elpenor)
And it came about while she was giving birth with difficulty that the midwife said to her, “Take courage, for this one also is a son for you.”	And it came to pass in her hard labour, that the midwife said to her, Be of good courage, for thou shalt also have this son.

Genesis 35:18 (Tanakh)	Genesis 35:18 (KJV)	Genesis 35:18 (NET)
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing–for she died–that she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.	And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.	With her dying breath, she named him Ben Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead.

Genesis 35:18 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 35:18 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ ἀφιέναι αὐτὴν τὴν ψυχήν ἀπέθνῃσκεν γάρ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Υἱὸς ὀδύνης μου ὁ δὲ πατὴρ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν Βενιαμιν	ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ ἀφιέναι αὐτὴν τὴν ψυχήν, ἀπέθνησκε γάρ, ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Υἱὸς ὀδύνης μου· ὁ δὲ πατὴρ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Βενιαμίν
Genesis 35:18 (NETS)	Genesis 35:18 (English Elpenor)
And it came about as she was giving up her soul, for she was dying, that she called his name Son-of-my-pain, but his father called him Beniamin.	And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.

Genesis 37:26 (Tanakh)	Genesis 37:26 (KJV)	Genesis 37:26 (NET)
And Judah said unto his brethren: ‘What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?	And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?	Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Genesis 37:26 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 37:26 (Septuagint Elpenor)
εἶπεν δὲ Ιουδας πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ τί χρήσιμον ἐὰν ἀποκτείνωμεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν καὶ κρύψωμεν τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ	εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιούδας πρὸς τούς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ· τί χρήσιμον, ἐὰν ἀποκτείνωμεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν καὶ κρύψωμεν τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ
Genesis 37:26 (NETS)	Genesis 37:26 (English Elpenor)
Then Ioudas said to his brothers, “What advantage is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?	And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Genesis 37:27 (Tanakh)	Genesis 37:27 (KJV)	Genesis 37:27 (NET)
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh.’ And his brethren hearkened unto him.	Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.	Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.

Genesis 37:27 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 37:27 (Septuagint Elpenor)
δεῦτε ἀποδώμεθα αὐτὸν τοῖς Ισμαηλίταις τούτοις αἱ δὲ χεῖρες ἡμῶν μὴ ἔστωσαν ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν ὅτι ἀδελφὸς ἡμῶν καὶ σὰρξ ἡμῶν ἐστιν ἤκουσαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ	δεῦτε ἀποδώμεθα αὐτὸν τοῖς ᾿Ισμαηλίταις τούτοις, αἱ δὲ χεῖρες ἡμῶν μὴ ἔστωσαν ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, ὅτι ἀδελφὸς ἡμῶν καὶ σὰρξ ἡμῶν ἐστιν. ἤκουσαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ
Genesis 37:27 (NETS)	Genesis 37:27 (English Elpenor)
Come, let us sell him to the Ismaelites, but let our hands not be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh.” And his brothers listened.	Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren hearkened.

Genesis 42:6 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:6 (KJV)	Genesis 42:6 (NET)
And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down to him with their faces to the earth.	And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.	Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 42:6 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:6 (Septuagint Elpenor)
Ιωσηφ δὲ ἦν ἄρχων τῆς γῆς οὗτος ἐπώλει παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τῆς γῆς ἐλθόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Ιωσηφ προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν	᾿Ιωσὴφ δὲ ἦν ὁ ἄρχων τῆς γῆς, οὗτος ἐπώλει παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τῆς γῆς· ἐλθόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ᾿Ιωσὴφ προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν
Genesis 42:6 (NETS)	Genesis 42:6 (English Elpenor)
Now Ioseph was ruler of the land; he was selling to all the people of the land. And when Ioseph’s brothers came, they did obeisance to him face down on the ground.	And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did reverence to him, [bowing] with the face to the ground.

Genesis 42:8 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:8 (KJV)	Genesis 42:8 (NET)
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew him not.	And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.	Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

Genesis 42:8 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:8 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐπέγνω δὲ Ιωσηφ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ αὐτοὶ δὲ οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτόν	ἐπέγνω δὲ ᾿Ιωσὴφ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ, αὐτοὶ δὲ οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτόν
Genesis 42:8 (NETS)	Genesis 42:8 (English Elpenor)
Now Ioseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.	And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

Genesis 42:9 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:9 (KJV)	Genesis 42:9 (NET)
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them: ‘Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.’	And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.	Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!”

Genesis 42:9 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:9 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἐμνήσθη Ιωσηφ τῶν ἐνυπνίων ὧν εἶδεν αὐτός καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς κατάσκοποί ἐστε κατανοῆσαι τὰ ἴχνη τῆς χώρας ἥκατε	καὶ ἐμνήσθη ᾿Ιωσὴφ τῶν ἐνυπνίων αὐτοῦ, ὧν εἶδεν αὐτός, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· κατάσκοποί ἐστε, κατανοῆσαι τὰ ἴχνη τῆς χώρας ἥκατε
Genesis 42:9 (NETS)	Genesis 42:9 (English Elpenor)
And Ioseph remembered the dreams that he himself had seen, and he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to scrutinize the tracks of the country!”	And Joseph remembered his dream, which he saw; and he said to them, Ye are spies; to observe the marks of the land are ye come.

Genesis 42:21 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:21 (KJV)	Genesis 42:21 (NET)
And they said one to another: ‘We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.’	And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.	They said to one another, “Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”

Genesis 42:21 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:21 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ εἶπεν ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ναί ἐν ἁμαρτίᾳ γάρ ἐσμεν περὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν ὅτι ὑπερείδομεν τὴν θλῖψιν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ὅτε κατεδέετο ἡμῶν καὶ οὐκ εἰσηκούσαμεν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν τούτου ἐπῆλθεν ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἡ θλῖψις αὕτη	καὶ εἶπεν ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ· ναί, ἐν ἁμαρτίαις γάρ ἐσμεν περὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν, ὅτι ὑπερείδομεν τὴν θλῖψιν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, ὅτε κατεδέετο ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐκ εἰσηκούσαμεν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἕνεκεν τούτου ἐπῆλθεν ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς ἡ θλῖψις αὕτη
Genesis 42:21 (NETS)	Genesis 42:21 (English Elpenor)
And each one said to his brother, “Indeed, for we are at fault concerning our brother, because we disregarded the affliction of his soul, when he pleaded with us, and we did not listen to him. This is why this affliction has come upon us.”	And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we hearkened not to him; and therefore has this affliction come upon us.

Genesis 42:22 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:22 (KJV)	Genesis 42:22 (NET)
And Reuben answered them, saying: ‘Spoke I not unto you, saying: Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.’	And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.	Reuben said to them, “Didn’t I say to you, ‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!”

Genesis 42:22 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:22 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ρουβην εἶπεν αὐτοῖς οὐκ ἐλάλησα ὑμῖν λέγων μὴ ἀδικήσητε τὸ παιδάριον καὶ οὐκ εἰσηκούσατέ μου καὶ ἰδοὺ τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐκζητεῖται	ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ρουβὴν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὐκ ἐλάλησα ὑμῖν λέγων, μὴ ἀδικήσητε τὸ παιδάριον; καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατέ μου; καὶ ἰδοὺ τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐκζητεῖται
Genesis 42:22 (NETS)	Genesis 42:22 (English Elpenor)
Then Rouben said to them in reply, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not injure the youngster’? And you did not listen to me. And see, his blood is being sought out.”	And Ruben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Hurt not the boy, and ye heard me not? and, behold, his blood is required.

Genesis 42:24 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:24 (KJV)	Genesis 42:24 (NET)
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.	And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.	He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again, he had Simeon taken from them and tied up before their eyes.

Genesis 42:24 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:24 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἀποστραφεὶς δὲ ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἔκλαυσεν Ιωσηφ καὶ πάλιν προσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸν Συμεων ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸν ἐναντίον αὐτῶν	ἀποστραφεὶς δὲ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἔκλαυσεν ᾿Ιωσήφ. καὶ πάλιν προσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἔλαβε τὸν Συμεὼν ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸν ἐναντίον αὐτῶν
Genesis 42:24 (NETS)	Genesis 42:24 (English Elpenor)
And turning away from them Ioseph wept. And again he came to them and spoke to them, and he took Symeon from them and bound him before them.	And Joseph turned away from them, and wept; and again he came to them, and spoke to them; and he took Symeon from them, and bound him before their eyes.

Genesis 42:25 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:25 (KJV)	Genesis 42:25 (NET)
Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and thus was it done unto them.	Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.	Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out.

Genesis 42:25 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:25 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐνετείλατο δὲ Ιωσηφ ἐμπλῆσαι τὰ ἀγγεῖα αὐτῶν σίτου καὶ ἀποδοῦναι τὸ ἀργύριον ἑκάστου εἰς τὸν σάκκον αὐτοῦ καὶ δοῦναι αὐτοῖς ἐπισιτισμὸν εἰς τὴν ὁδόν καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτοῖς οὕτως	ἐνετείλατο δὲ ᾿Ιωσήφ ἐμπλῆσαι τὰ ἀγγεῖα αὐτῶν σίτου καὶ ἀποδοῦναι τὸ ἀργύριον αὐτῶν ἑκάστῳ εἰς τὸν σάκκον αὐτοῦ καὶ δοῦναι αὐτοῖς ἐπισιτισμὸν εἰς τὴν ὁδόν. καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτοῖς οὕτως
Genesis 42:25 (NETS)	Genesis 42:25 (English Elpenor)
Then Ioseph commanded that they fill their containers with grain and to return the money to each one in his sack and to give them a stock of provisions for the journey. And thus it happened to them.	And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to return their money to each into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and it was so done to them.

Genesis 42:28 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:28 (KJV)	Genesis 42:28 (NET)
And he said unto his brethren: ‘My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack.’ And their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying: ‘What is this that G-d hath done unto us?’	And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?	He said to his brothers, “My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!” They were dismayed; they turned trembling to one another and said, “What in the world has God done to us?”

Genesis 42:28 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:28 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ ἀπεδόθη μοι τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ ἰδοὺ τοῦτο ἐν τῷ μαρσίππῳ μου καὶ ἐξέστη ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν καὶ ἐταράχθησαν πρὸς ἀλλήλους λέγοντες τί τοῦτο ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς ἡμῖν	καὶ εἶπε τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ· ἐπεδόθη μοι τὸ ἀργύριον, καὶ ἰδοὺ τοῦτο ἐν τῷ μαρσίππῳ μου, καὶ ἐξέστη ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐταράχθησαν πρὸς ἀλλήλους λέγοντες· τί τοῦτο ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῖν
Genesis 42:28 (NETS)	Genesis 42:28 (English Elpenor)
And he said to his brothers, “The money has been returned to me, and, look, this is in my bag!” And their heart was confounded, and they were mutually troubled, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”	And he said to his brethren, My money has been restored to me, and behold this is in my sack. And their heart was wonder-struck, and they were troubled, saying one to another, What is this that God has done to us?

Genesis 42:30 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:30 (KJV)	Genesis 42:30 (NET)
‘The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.	The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.	“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.

Genesis 42:30 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:30 (Septuagint Elpenor)
λελάληκεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ κύριος τῆς γῆς πρὸς ἡμᾶς σκληρὰ καὶ ἔθετο ἡμᾶς ἐν φυλακῇ ὡς κατασκοπεύοντας τὴν γῆν	λελάληκεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ κύριος τῆς γῆς πρὸς ἡμᾶς σκληρὰ καὶ ἔθετο ἡμᾶς ἐν φυλακῇ ὡς κατασκοπεύοντας τὴν γῆν
Genesis 42:30 (NETS)	Genesis 42:30 (English Elpenor)
“The man, the lord of the land, has spoken harshly to us, and he put us in custody as ones spying out the land.	The man, the lord of the land, spoke harsh words to us, and put us in prison as spies of the land.

Genesis 42:33 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:33 (KJV)	Genesis 42:33 (NET)
And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us: Hereby shall I know that ye are upright men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take corn for the famine of your houses, and go your way.	And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:	“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.

Genesis 42:33 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:33 (Septuagint Elpenor)
εἶπεν δὲ ἡμῖν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ κύριος τῆς γῆς ἐν τούτῳ γνώσομαι ὅτι εἰρηνικοί ἐστε ἀδελφὸν ἕνα ἄφετε ὧδε μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ τὸν δὲ ἀγορασμὸν τῆς σιτοδοσίας τοῦ οἴκου ὑμῶν λαβόντες ἀπέλθατε	εἶπε δὲ ἡμῖν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ κύριος τῆς γῆς· ἐν τούτῳ γνώσομαι ὅτι εἰρηνικοί ἐστε· ἀδελφὸν ἕνα ἄφετε ὧδε μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ, τὸν δὲ ἀγορασμὸν τῆς σιτοδοσίας τοῦ οἴκου ὑμῶν λαβόντες ἀπέλθατε
Genesis 42:33 (NETS)	Genesis 42:33 (English Elpenor)
Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I shall know that you are peaceable: leave one brother here with me, and go off, taking the purchase of your household’s grain allowance,	And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Herein shall I know that ye are peaceable; leave one brother here with me, and having taken the corn ye have purchased for your family, depart.

Genesis 42:34 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:34 (KJV)	Genesis 42:34 (NET)
And bring your youngest brother unto me; then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are upright men; so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.’	And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.	But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”

Genesis 42:34 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:34 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἀγάγετε πρός με τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν τὸν νεώτερον καὶ γνώσομαι ὅτι οὐ κατάσκοποί ἐστε ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι εἰρηνικοί ἐστε καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν ἀποδώσω ὑμῖν καὶ τῇ γῇ ἐμπορεύεσθε	καὶ ἀγάγετε πρός με τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν τὸν νεώτερον, καὶ γνώσομαι ὅτι οὐ κατάσκοποί ἐστε, ἀλλ᾿ ὅτι εἰρηνικοί ἐστε, καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν ἀποδώσω ὑμῖν, καὶ τῇ γῇ ἐμπορεύσεσθε
Genesis 42:34 (NETS)	Genesis 42:34 (English Elpenor)
and bring your younger brother to me—and I shall know that you are not spies, but that you are peaceable, and I will return your brother to you—and travel in the land for business’.”	And bring to me your younger brother; then I shall know that ye are not spies, but that ye are men of peace: and I will restore you your brother, and ye shall trade in the land.

Genesis 42:35 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:35 (KJV)	Genesis 42:35 (NET)
And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.	And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.	When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

Genesis 42:35 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:35 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ κατακενοῦν αὐτοὺς τοὺς σάκκους αὐτῶν καὶ ἦν ἑκάστου ὁ δεσμὸς τοῦ ἀργυρίου ἐν τῷ σάκκῳ αὐτῶν καὶ εἶδον τοὺς δεσμοὺς τοῦ ἀργυρίου αὐτῶν αὐτοὶ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν	ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ κατακενοῦν αὐτοὺς τοὺς σάκκους αὐτῶν, καὶ ἦν ἑκάστου ὁ δεσμὸς τοῦ ἀργυρίου ἐν τῷ σάκκῳ αὐτῶν· καὶ εἶδον τοὺς δεσμοὺς τοῦ ἀργυρίου αὐτῶν αὐτοὶ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν
Genesis 42:35 (NETS)	Genesis 42:35 (English Elpenor)
Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks that then each one’s bundle of money was in their sack. And they saw their bundles of money, they and their father, and they were afraid.	And it came to pass as they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bundle of money in his sack; and they and their father saw their bundles of money, and they were afraid.

Genesis 42:36 (Tanakh)	Genesis 42:36 (KJV)	Genesis 42:36 (NET)
And Jacob their father said unto them: ‘Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; upon me are all these things come.’	And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.	Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

Genesis 42:36 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 42:36 (Septuagint Elpenor)
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς Ιακωβ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν ἐμὲ ἠτεκνώσατε Ιωσηφ οὐκ ἔστιν Συμεων οὐκ ἔστιν καὶ τὸν Βενιαμιν λήμψεσθε ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ ἐγένετο πάντα ταῦτα	εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς ᾿Ιακὼβ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν· ἐμὲ ἠτεκνώσατε, ᾿Ιωσὴφ οὔκ ἔστι, Συμεὼν οὐκ ἔστι, καὶ τὸν Βενιαμὶν λήψεσθε; ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἐγένετο ταῦτα πάντα
Genesis 42:36 (NETS)	Genesis 42:36 (English Elpenor)
And their father Iakob said to them, “I am the one you have bereaved of children: Ioseph is not, Symeon is not, and you will take Beniamin. All this has come upon me!”	And their father Jacob said to them, Ye have bereaved me. Joseph is not, Symeon is not, and will ye take Benjamin? all these things have come upon me.

Matthew 26:63 (NET)	Matthew 26:63 (KJV)
But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”	But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

Matthew 26:63 (NET Parallel Greek)	Matthew 26:63 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Matthew 26:63 (Byzantine Majority Text)
ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἐσιώπα. καὶ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἐξορκίζω σε κατὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος ἵνα ἡμῖν εἴπῃς εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ	ο δε ιησους εσιωπα και αποκριθεις ο αρχιερευς ειπεν αυτω εξορκιζω σε κατα του θεου του ζωντος ινα ημιν ειπης ει συ ει ο χριστος ο υιος του θεου	ο δε ιησους εσιωπα και αποκριθεις ο αρχιερευς ειπεν αυτω εξορκιζω σε κατα του θεου του ζωντος ινα ημιν ειπης ει συ ει ο χριστος ο υιος του θεου

Matthew 26:65, 66 (NET)	Matthew 26:65, 66 (KJV)
Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!	Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

Matthew 26:65 (NET Parallel Greek)	Matthew 26:65 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Matthew 26:65 (Byzantine Majority Text)
τότε ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς διέρρηξεν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ λέγων· ἐβλασφήμησεν· τί ἔτι χρείαν ἔχομεν μαρτύρων; ἴδε νῦν ἠκούσατε τὴν βλασφημίαν·	τοτε ο αρχιερευς διερρηξεν τα ιματια αυτου λεγων οτι εβλασφημησεν τι ετι χρειαν εχομεν μαρτυρων ιδε νυν ηκουσατε την βλασφημιαν αυτου	τοτε ο αρχιερευς διερρηξεν τα ιματια αυτου λεγων οτι εβλασφημησεν τι ετι χρειαν εχομεν μαρτυρων ιδε νυν ηκουσατε την βλασφημιαν αυτου

What is your verdict?” They answered, “He is guilty and deserves death.”

What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

Matthew 26:66 (NET Parallel Greek)	Matthew 26:66 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Matthew 26:66 (Byzantine Majority Text)
τί ὑμῖν δοκεῖ; οἱ δὲ ἀποκριθέντες εἶπαν· ἔνοχος θανάτου ἐστίν	τι υμιν δοκει οι δε αποκριθεντες ειπον ενοχος θανατου εστιν	τι υμιν δοκει οι δε αποκριθεντες ειπον ενοχος θανατου εστιν

Acts 12:2 (NET)	Acts 12:2 (KJV)
He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.	And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

Acts 12:2 (NET Parallel Greek)	Acts 12:2 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Acts 12:2 (Byzantine Majority Text)
ἀνεῖλεν δὲ Ἰάκωβον τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἰωάννου μαχαίρῃ	ανειλεν δε ιακωβον τον αδελφον ιωαννου μαχαιρα	ανειλεν δε ιακωβον τον αδελφον ιωαννου μαχαιρα

Hebrews 3:6 (NET)	Hebrews 3:6 (KJV)
But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.	But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Hebrews 3:6 (NET Parallel Greek)	Hebrews 3:6 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Hebrews 3:6 (Byzantine Majority Text)
Χριστὸς δὲ ὡς υἱὸς ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ· οὗ οἶκος ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς, \|ἐάν[περ]\| τὴν παρρησίαν καὶ τὸ καύχημα τῆς ἐλπίδος κατάσχωμεν	χριστος δε ως υιος επι τον οικον αυτου ου οικος εσμεν ημεις εανπερ την παρρησιαν και το καυχημα της ελπιδος μεχρι τελους βεβαιαν κατασχωμεν	χριστος δε ως υιος επι τον οικον αυτου ου οικος εσμεν ημεις εανπερ την παρρησιαν και το καυχημα της ελπιδος μεχρι τελους βεβαιαν κατασχωμεν

2 Peter 1:17, 18 (NET)	2 Peter 1:17, 18 (KJV)
For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory: “This is my dear Son, in whom I am delighted.”	For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

2 Peter 1:17 (NET Parallel Greek)	2 Peter 1:17 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	2 Peter 1:17 (Byzantine Majority Text)
λαβὼν γὰρ παρὰ θεοῦ πατρὸς τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν φωνῆς ἐνεχθείσης αὐτῷ τοιᾶσδε ὑπὸ τῆς μεγαλοπρεποῦς δόξης· ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός μου οὗτος ἐστιν εἰς ὃν ἐγὼ εὐδόκησα	λαβων γαρ παρα θεου πατρος τιμην και δοξαν φωνης ενεχθεισης αυτω τοιασδε υπο της μεγαλοπρεπους δοξης ουτος εστιν ο υιος μου ο αγαπητος εις ον εγω ευδοκησα	λαβων γαρ παρα θεου πατρος τιμην και δοξαν φωνης ενεχθεισης αυτω τοιασδε υπο της μεγαλοπρεπους δοξης ουτος εστιν ο υιος μου ο αγαπητος εις ον εγω ευδοκησα

When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

2 Peter 1:18 (NET Parallel Greek)	2 Peter 1:18 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	2 Peter 1:18 (Byzantine Majority Text)
καὶ ταύτην τὴν φωνὴν ἡμεῖς ἠκούσαμεν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐνεχθεῖσαν σὺν αὐτῷ ὄντες ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ ὄρει	και ταυτην την φωνην ημεις ηκουσαμεν εξ ουρανου ενεχθεισαν συν αυτω οντες εν τω ορει τω αγιω	και ταυτην την φωνην ημεις ηκουσαμεν εξ ουρανου ενεχθεισαν συν αυτω οντες εν τω ορει τω αγιω

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¹ Genesis 35:16, 17 (NET)

² Matthew 9:2 (NET) Table

³ Genesis 35:18 (NET)

⁴ Genesis 37:26, 27 (NET)

⁵ Genesis 42:6 (NET)

⁶ Genesis 42:8, 9 (NET)

⁷ Genesis 42:21, 22 (NET)

⁸ Genesis 42:24a (NET)

⁹ Genesis 42:24b, 25 (NET)

¹⁰ Genesis 42:28b (NET)

¹¹ Genesis 42:30 (NET)

¹² Genesis 42:33, 34 (NET)

¹³ Genesis 42:35 (NET)

¹⁴ Matthew 17:2, 3 (NET)

¹⁵ Matthew 17:5, 6 (NET)

¹⁶ Romans 9:31 (NET) Table

¹⁷ 1 John 4:9 (NET)

¹⁸ John 8:58 (NET) Table

¹⁹ Matthew 11:27b (NET)

²⁰ Matthew 3:17 (NET)

²¹ Matthew 14:33 (NET) Table

²² Matthew 16:16, 17 (NET)

²³ Matthew 16:20 (NET) Table The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ιησους (KJV: Jesus) preceding the Christ. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

²⁴ Matthew 17:9 (NET) Table

²⁵ The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αποκριθεις (KJV: answered) preceding The high priest. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

²⁶ The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had the pronoun αυτου (KJV: his) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

²⁷ The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ειπον (KJV: and said) following They answered, where the NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had εἶπαν.

²⁸ Acts 12:2 (NET) The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had μαχαίρῃ here in the dative case, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had μαχαιρα (KJV: with the sword) in the nominative case.

²⁹ Acts 3:22a (NET) Table For a table comparing the Greek of Peter’s quotation with that of the Septuagint: Peter’s Second Gospel Proclamation, Part 2

³⁰ Hebrews 3:5a, 6a (NET)

³¹ The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had the pronoun μου (my) following Son and dear (KJV: beloved), where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had it following Son only.

³² The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had the article τω (the) preceding holy and mountain, where the NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had it preceding holy only.

³³ Genesis 42:36 (NET)

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