Genesis 12:11

12:11 As he approached ¹  Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, ²  I know that you are a beautiful woman. ³ 

Genesis 24:16

24:16 Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever had sexual relations with her. ⁴  She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up.

Genesis 41:3

41:3 Then seven bad-looking, thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile, ⁵  and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river. ⁶ 

[12:11]  ¹ tn Heb “drew near to enter.”

[12:11]  ² tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) is deictic here; it draws attention to the following fact.

[12:11]  ³ tn Heb “a woman beautiful of appearance are you.”

[24:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “And the young woman was very good of appearance, a virgin, and a man she had not known.” Some argue that the Hebrew noun translated “virgin” (בְּתוּלָה, bÿtulah) is better understood in a general sense, “young woman” (see Joel 1:8, where the word appears to refer to one who is married). In this case the circumstantial clause (“and a man she had not known”) would be restrictive, rather than descriptive. If the term actually means “virgin,” one wonders why the circumstantial clause is necessary (see Judg 21:12 as well). Perhaps the repetition emphasizes her sexual purity as a prerequisite for her role as the mother of the covenant community.

[41:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “And look, seven other cows were coming up after them from the Nile, bad of appearance and thin of flesh.”

[41:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “the Nile.” This has been replaced by “the river” in the translation for stylistic reasons.