Discovery BoxGenesis 18:7 
Context18:7 Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, 1 who quickly prepared it. 2
Genesis 24:20
Context24:20 She quickly emptied 3 her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.
Genesis 29:12
Context29:12 When Jacob explained 4 to Rachel that he was a relative of her father 5 and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.
Genesis 39:12
Context39:12 She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, “Have sex with me!” But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran 6 outside. 7
1 tn Heb “the young man.”
2 tn The construction uses the Piel preterite, “he hurried,” followed by the infinitive construct; the two probably form a verbal hendiadys: “he quickly prepared.”
3 tn Heb “and she hurried and emptied.”
4 tn Heb “declared.”
5 tn Heb “that he [was] the brother of her father.”
6 tn Heb “he fled and he went out.” The construction emphasizes the point that Joseph got out of there quickly.
7 sn For discussion of this episode, see A. M. Honeyman, “The Occasion of Joseph’s Temptation,” VT 2 (1952): 85-87.
