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Genesis 41:42

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41:42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph’s. He clothed him with fine linen 1  clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

Genesis 42:37

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42:37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may 2  put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care 3  and I will bring him back to you.”

1 tn The Hebrew word שֵׁשׁ (shesh) is an Egyptian loanword that describes the fine linen robes that Egyptian royalty wore. The clothing signified Joseph’s rank.

2 tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is permissive here.

3 tn Heb “my hand.”



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