OET interlinear GEN 50:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

כֹּֽה־תֹאמְר֣וּ לְ⁠יוֹסֵ֗ף אָ֣נָּ֡א

(Some words not found in UHB: this say to,Joseph please forgive now transgression_of your(pl)_brothers_of,your and,sin_of,their that/for/because/then/when wrong they,dealt_out_to_you and=now forgive now to,the_transgression_of servants_of god_of your_father_of,your and,he_wept Yōşēf/(Joseph) when,spoke,they to=him/it )

Consider whether or not it is better in your language to translate this embedded quote as a direct or indirect quote. See what you did for doubly-embedded quotes in Genesis 32:4. Alternate translation: [to tell you that he asks you to] or [to ask you on his behalf to]

וְ⁠עַתָּה֙ שָׂ֣א נָ֔א לְ⁠פֶ֥שַׁע עַבְדֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵ֣י אָבִ֑י⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: this say to,Joseph please forgive now transgression_of your(pl)_brothers_of,your and,sin_of,their that/for/because/then/when wrong they,dealt_out_to_you and=now forgive now to,the_transgression_of servants_of god_of your_father_of,your and,he_wept Yōşēf/(Joseph) when,spoke,they to=him/it )

Consider again how you translated “the God of” in the book of Genesis. See 9:26; 24:12, 27, 42, 48; 26:24; 28:13; 31:5, 29, 42, 53; 32:9; 43:23; 46:1, 3; 49:24–25; 50:17. Alternate translation: [So then, as servants of God whom our father served, we beg you to forgive us for sinning against you]

וַ⁠יֵּ֥בְךְּ יוֹסֵ֖ף בְּ⁠דַבְּרָ֥⁠ם אֵלָֽי⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: this say to,Joseph please forgive now transgression_of your(pl)_brothers_of,your and,sin_of,their that/for/because/then/when wrong they,dealt_out_to_you and=now forgive now to,the_transgression_of servants_of god_of your_father_of,your and,he_wept Yōşēf/(Joseph) when,spoke,they to=him/it )

Alternate translation: [Joseph cried when he heard that message]