Discovery BoxGenesis 8:9 
Context8:9 The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still covered 1 the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noah 2 in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove, 3 and brought it back into the ark. 4
Genesis 9:23
Context9:23 Shem and Japheth took the garment 5 and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned 6 the other way so they did not see their father’s nakedness.
Genesis 38:14
Context38:14 So she removed her widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil. She wrapped herself and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the way to Timnah. (She did this because 7 she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.) 8
1 tn The words “still covered” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Noah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the dove) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “and he brought it to himself to the ark.”
5 tn The word translated “garment” has the Hebrew definite article on it. The article may simply indicate that the garment is definite and vivid in the mind of the narrator, but it could refer instead to Noah’s garment. Did Ham bring it out when he told his brothers?
6 tn Heb “their faces [were turned] back.”
7 tn The Hebrew text simply has “because,” connecting this sentence to what precedes. For stylistic reasons the words “she did this” are supplied in the translation and a new sentence begun.
8 tn Heb “she saw that Shelah had grown up, but she was not given to him as a wife.”
