OET interlinear GEN 44:8

uW Translation Notes:

הֵ֣ן

if

Alternate translation: [After all]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

כֶּ֗סֶף אֲשֶׁ֤ר מָצָ֨אנוּ֙ בְּ⁠פִ֣י אַמְתְּחֹתֵ֔י⁠נוּ הֱשִׁיבֹ֥נוּ אֵלֶ֖י⁠ךָ מֵ⁠אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן

(Some words not found in UHB: if money which/who found in,the_mouth_of our_sacks_of,our brought_back to,you from,the_land_of Kənaˊan and,how? steal from,the_house_of your(pl)_master(s)_of,your silver or gold )

Consider what is the best way in your language to order the clauses in this sentence. Alternate translation: [we returned to you the money that we found in our grain sacks last time. We brought it all the way from our home in the land of Canaan!] or [as soon as we came back here from the land of Canaan, we returned to you the money we had discovered inside our grain sacks]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

וְ⁠אֵ֗יךְ נִגְנֹב֙ מִ⁠בֵּ֣ית אֲדֹנֶ֔י⁠ךָ כֶּ֖סֶף א֥וֹ זָהָֽב

and,how? steal (Some words not found in UHB: if money which/who found in,the_mouth_of our_sacks_of,our brought_back to,you from,the_land_of Kənaˊan and,how? steal from,the_house_of your(pl)_master(s)_of,your silver or gold )

The brothers use this rhetorical question to strongly emphasize that they would never steal from the servant’s master. Some languages must use a statement or exclamation here instead. Alternate translation: [This shows that we would never take silver or gold from the house of your lord] or [So there is no reason that we would ever take]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

כֶּ֖סֶף א֥וֹ זָהָֽב

(Some words not found in UHB: if money which/who found in,the_mouth_of our_sacks_of,our brought_back to,you from,the_land_of Kənaˊan and,how? steal from,the_house_of your(pl)_master(s)_of,your silver or gold )

The brothers are emphasizing that they would never steal anything from Joseph, especially not valuable things made out of gold or silver.