OET interlinear GEN 32:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וַ⁠אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם גַּ֗ם הִנֵּ֛ה עַבְדְּ⁠ךָ֥ יַעֲקֹ֖ב אַחֲרֵ֑י⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,you(pl)_will_say also/yet see/lo/see! servant_of,your Yaakob [is]_behind,us that/for/because/then/when he/it_had_said appease face_of,his by,gift [which,is]_going before,,me and=after so see face_of,his perhaps show face_of,my )

See how you translated is behind us in verse 18.

כִּֽי־אָמַ֞ר

(Some words not found in UHB: and,you(pl)_will_say also/yet see/lo/see! servant_of,your Yaakob [is]_behind,us that/for/because/then/when he/it_had_said appease face_of,his by,gift [which,is]_going before,,me and=after so see face_of,his perhaps show face_of,my )

Alternate translation: [Jacob did all that, because he said]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אֲכַפְּרָ֣ה פָנָ֗י⁠ו בַּ⁠מִּנְחָה֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and,you(pl)_will_say also/yet see/lo/see! servant_of,your Yaakob [is]_behind,us that/for/because/then/when he/it_had_said appease face_of,his by,gift [which,is]_going before,,me and=after so see face_of,his perhaps show face_of,my )

The idiom cover his face means to try to calm someone’s anger by doing something to please him. Consider whether your language has a similar idiom you could use here. Alternate translation: [I can pacify Esau by sending] or [Perhaps Esau will stop being angry at me if I send]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

בַּ⁠מִּנְחָה֙ הַ⁠הֹלֶ֣כֶת לְ⁠פָנָ֔⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and,you(pl)_will_say also/yet see/lo/see! servant_of,your Yaakob [is]_behind,us that/for/because/then/when he/it_had_said appease face_of,his by,gift [which,is]_going before,,me and=after so see face_of,his perhaps show face_of,my )

For some languages it is more natural to use an indirect quote here and say, “because he thought that if he sent the gifts of animals ahead of himself to Esau, then Esau would stop being angry at him.” Notice that this alternate translation also changes the clause order. Alternate translation: [him this gift of animals ahead of me] or [this gift of animals to him ahead of me]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

וְ⁠אַחֲרֵי־כֵן֙ אֶרְאֶ֣ה פָנָ֔י⁠ו אוּלַ֖י יִשָּׂ֥א פָנָֽ⁠י

and=after so see face_of,his perhaps (Some words not found in UHB: and,you(pl)_will_say also/yet see/lo/see! servant_of,your Yaakob [is]_behind,us that/for/because/then/when he/it_had_said appease face_of,his by,gift [which,is]_going before,,me and=after so see face_of,his perhaps show face_of,my )

Make sure that the way you translate this clause fits with how you translated the previous clauses as either a direct or indirect quote. Alternate translation: [After that, perhaps he will forgive me and welcome me when we see each other face to face]