OET interlinear GEN 37:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵ⁠הֶ֣ם ׀ רְאוּבֵן֮

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them Reuven not shed blood throw DOM=him/it to/towards the,pit the=this which/who [is]_in,wilderness and,a_hand not lay in=him/it that rescue DOM=him/it from,hand_of,their to,restore,him to/towards his/its=father )

Some translations do not include this phrase, possibly because Reuben is still speaking to the same people. However, he may have paused between [verses 21](../37/21.md) and [22](../37/22.md) to see the effect of what he said in [verse 21](../37/21.md). Also, the repeated quote margin helps emphasize what he says in [verse 22](../37/22.md). Alternate translation: [Then he added]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אַל־תִּשְׁפְּכוּ־דָם֒

not not (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them Reuven not shed blood throw DOM=him/it to/towards the,pit the=this which/who [is]_in,wilderness and,a_hand not lay in=him/it that rescue DOM=him/it from,hand_of,their to,restore,him to/towards his/its=father )

See how you translated the idiom shed blood in Genesis [9:6](../09/06.md). Alternate translation: [Do not kill him]

הַשְׁלִ֣יכוּ אֹת֗⁠וֹ אֶל־הַ⁠בּ֤וֹר הַ⁠זֶּה֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them Reuven not shed blood throw DOM=him/it to/towards the,pit the=this which/who [is]_in,wilderness and,a_hand not lay in=him/it that rescue DOM=him/it from,hand_of,their to,restore,him to/towards his/its=father )

See how you translated cistern in [verse 20](../37/20.md). Alternate translation: [Instead put him into this dry well]

אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּ⁠מִּדְבָּ֔ר

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them Reuven not shed blood throw DOM=him/it to/towards the,pit the=this which/who [is]_in,wilderness and,a_hand not lay in=him/it that rescue DOM=him/it from,hand_of,their to,restore,him to/towards his/its=father )

Consider again how you translated wilderness or “desert” in the book of Genesis. See [14:6](../14/06.md) (and note); [16:7](../16/07.md); [21:14](../21/14.md), [20–21](../21/20.md); [36:24](../36/24.md); [37:22](../37/22.md). Also see when it occurs as implied information in Genesis [12:9–10](../12/09.md); [13:1](../13/01.md), 3; [20:1](../20/01.md); [24:62](../24/62.md). Alternate translation: [here in the wilderness]

וְ⁠יָ֖ד אַל־תִּשְׁלְחוּ־ב֑⁠וֹ

and,a_hand not (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them Reuven not shed blood throw DOM=him/it to/towards the,pit the=this which/who [is]_in,wilderness and,a_hand not lay in=him/it that rescue DOM=him/it from,hand_of,their to,restore,him to/towards his/its=father )

The phrase lay a hand on is an idiom that emphasizes that they are not to harm him at all, not even in the smallest way. Alternate translation: [but you must not harm him in any way]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לְמַ֗עַן הַצִּ֤יל אֹת⁠וֹ֙ מִ⁠יָּדָ֔⁠ם

that (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them Reuven not shed blood throw DOM=him/it to/towards the,pit the=this which/who [is]_in,wilderness and,a_hand not lay in=him/it that rescue DOM=him/it from,hand_of,their to,restore,him to/towards his/its=father )

See how you translated “rescued him from their hands” in [verse 21](../37/21.md). Alternate translation: [Reuben was planning to save him from them] or [He said that in order to save him from being killed by them]

לַ⁠הֲשִׁיב֖⁠וֹ אֶל־אָבִֽי⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them Reuven not shed blood throw DOM=him/it to/towards the,pit the=this which/who [is]_in,wilderness and,a_hand not lay in=him/it that rescue DOM=him/it from,hand_of,their to,restore,him to/towards his/its=father )

Make sure your translation of his father does not sound like Joseph had a different father than his brothers had. Alternate translation: [so that he could return him safely to his father] or [and take him back home to his father]