Genesis 24:18

24:18 “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and quickly lowering ¹  her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.

Genesis 27:16

27:16 She put the skins of the young goats ²  on his hands ³  and the smooth part of his neck.

Genesis 37:21

37:21 When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph ⁴  from their hands, ⁵  saying, ⁶  “Let’s not take his life!” ⁷ 

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¹ tn Heb “and she hurried and lowered.”

² tn In the Hebrew text the object (“the skins of the young goats”) precedes the verb. The disjunctive clause draws attention to this key element in the subterfuge.

³ tn The word “hands” probably includes the forearms here. How the skins were attached is not specified in the Hebrew text; cf. NLT “she made him a pair of gloves.”

⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ sn From their hands. The instigators of this plot may have been the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah (see v. 2).

⁶ tn Heb “and he said.”

⁷ tn Heb “we must not strike him down [with respect to] life.”