OET interlinear GEN 37:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יֵּשְׁבוּ֮ לֶֽ⁠אֱכָל־לֶחֶם֒

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_lived to,eat food/grain/bread and,they_lifted_up eyes_of,their and=they_saw and=see/lo/see! caravan_of Yishmāˊ^ʼēlī coming from,Gilead and,camels_of,their carrying aromatic_gum and,balm and,myrrh on_~_way to,take_[them]_down towards=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) )

It is clear from [verse 29](../37/29.md) that Reuben was not there when his brothers made the plan to sell Joseph to the traders.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יִּשְׂא֤וּ עֵֽינֵי⁠הֶם֙ וַ⁠יִּרְא֔וּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_lived to,eat food/grain/bread and,they_lifted_up eyes_of,their and=they_saw and=see/lo/see! caravan_of Yishmāˊ^ʼēlī coming from,Gilead and,camels_of,their carrying aromatic_gum and,balm and,myrrh on_~_way to,take_[them]_down towards=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) )

See how you translated the idiom “lifted … eyes” in Genesis [22:13](../22/13.md). Alternate translation: [and while they were eating, they looked around]

וְ⁠הִנֵּה֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_lived to,eat food/grain/bread and,they_lifted_up eyes_of,their and=they_saw and=see/lo/see! caravan_of Yishmāˊ^ʼēlī coming from,Gilead and,camels_of,their carrying aromatic_gum and,balm and,myrrh on_~_way to,take_[them]_down towards=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) )

Alternate translation: [and saw that] or [and they saw that]

אֹרְחַ֣ת

caravan_of

A caravan is a large group of people who are traveling together. Alternate translation: [a large company of]

יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_lived to,eat food/grain/bread and,they_lifted_up eyes_of,their and=they_saw and=see/lo/see! caravan_of Yishmāˊ^ʼēlī coming from,Gilead and,camels_of,their carrying aromatic_gum and,balm and,myrrh on_~_way to,take_[them]_down towards=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) )

See how you translated the names of other people groups in Genesis [15:19–21](../15/19.md). Alternate translation: [Ishmaelite merchants] or [traders from the Ishmael people group] or [traders who were descendants of Ishmael]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

בָּאָ֖ה מִ⁠גִּלְעָ֑ד

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_lived to,eat food/grain/bread and,they_lifted_up eyes_of,their and=they_saw and=see/lo/see! caravan_of Yishmāˊ^ʼēlī coming from,Gilead and,camels_of,their carrying aromatic_gum and,balm and,myrrh on_~_way to,take_[them]_down towards=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) )

For some languages it may be clearer to change the order of some of the implied information in this sentence and say, “… and saw/noticed that headed their way/direction was a large group of Ishmaelite traders/merchants that was coming/traveling from the region of Gilead.” Also, be consistent here with how you spelled Gilead in Genesis [31:21](../31/21.md), [23](../31/23.md), [25](../31/25.md). Alternate translation: [was coming toward them from the region of Gilead] or [was traveling from the region of Gilead and was headed their way]

וּ⁠גְמַלֵּי⁠הֶ֣ם נֹֽשְׂאִ֗ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_lived to,eat food/grain/bread and,they_lifted_up eyes_of,their and=they_saw and=see/lo/see! caravan_of Yishmāˊ^ʼēlī coming from,Gilead and,camels_of,their carrying aromatic_gum and,balm and,myrrh on_~_way to,take_[them]_down towards=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) )

Consider again how you translated camel in the book of Genesis. See [12:16](../12/16.md) (and note); [24:10–11](../24/10.md), [14](../24/14.md), [19–20](../24/19.md), [22](../24/22.md), [25](../24/25.md), [30–32](../24/30.md), [35](../24/35.md), [44](../24/44.md), [46](../24/46.md), [61](../24/61.md), [63–64](../24/63.md); [30:43](../30/43.md); [31:17](../31/17.md), [18](../31/18.md), [34](../31/34.md); [32:7](../32/07.md), [15](../32/15.md); [37:25](../37/25.md).

הוֹלְכִ֖ים לְ⁠הוֹרִ֥יד מִצְרָֽיְמָ⁠ה

on_~_way to,take_[them]_down towards=Miʦrayim/(Egypt)

Alternate translation: [that they were transporting down to the country of Egypt to sell there] or [that they were taking to sell in the country of Egypt]