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Genesis 39:6

וַ יַּעֲזֹב כָּל אֲשֶׁר לֹו בְּ יַד יֹוסֵף וְ לֹא יָדַע אִתֹּו מְאוּמָה כִּי אִם הַ לֶּחֶם אֲשֶׁר הוּא אֹוכֵל וַ יְהִי יֹוסֵף יְפֵה תֹאַר וִ יפֵה מַרְאֶה
And he is forsaking the whole of which is to-himself in the hand of He-Adds,1211 and he has not perceived אֶת-him a speck, for if the Bread which himself is he-who-eats. And he is He-Adds, beautiful of form, and beautiful of sight.
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“Joseph” appears at the end of this sentence which is normal for the subject of a Hebrew sentence, however translators force the word forsake to mean gave and thus the traditional rendering that everything “is left” in Joseph’s hand by the Egyptian, Potiphar.