Discovery BoxGenesis 24:18 
Context24:18 “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and quickly lowering 1 her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.
Genesis 27:16
Context27:16 She put the skins of the young goats 2 on his hands 3 and the smooth part of his neck.
Genesis 37:21
Context37:21 When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph 4 from their hands, 5 saying, 6 “Let’s not take his life!” 7
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.”
