Genesis. Ioseph et Fratres Eius (II).
Brief Comments on the Latin:
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45:1 The reflexive pronoun se goes with the infinitive, cohibere. The phrase multis adstantibus is an ablative absolute. The adverb unde is used here in a causative sense: "therefore..."
45:2 The antecedent of quam is vocem.
45:3 The word adhuc introduces a question.
45:4. The verbs inquit and ait are being used postpositively here to indicate direct speech.
45:6 The infinitive esse is used in an existential sense: "the famine began to be" = "the famine started."
45:7 The word escas is the object of the infinitive habere.
45:8 The adverb huc goes with the verb missus sum: "I was sent to this place." Latin often uses a relative pronoun, qui, to join together what would be two separate sentences in English: "(and) he made..."
45:10 The name Gessen does not decline; here it is in the ablative, in apposition with Gessen. All of these nominatives - tu, filii, oves, armenta, universa - are the subjects of eris: eris tu et (erunt) filii tui et (erunt) filii filiorum, etc.
45:11 Note the parallel construction: et tu... et domus tua... et omina...
45:12 The name Beniamin does not decline; here it is in the genitive (oculi Beniamin, "the eyes of Benjamin"), in apposition with fratris mei. The use of quod to introduce indirect statement is non-classical.
45:14 The participle-verb combination, amplexatus recidisset, can be translated as verb-verb: "when he had embraced Benjamin (and) clung to his neck..." The name Beniamin does not decline; here it is in the genitive, in apposition with fratris. The phrase illo flente is an ablative absolute.
45:15 The deponent verb osculatus est is transitive, with fratres as its object. Latin often uses a relative pronoun, quae, to join together what would be two separate sentences in English: "(and) after these things, they dared..."
45:16 Note the parallel construction, auditum est et ... vulgatum (est). The name Ioseph does not decline; here it is in the genitive ("the brothers of Joseph").
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