Genesis 32:16

32:16 He entrusted them to ¹  his servants, who divided them into herds. ²  He told his servants, “Pass over before me, and keep some distance between one herd and the next.”

Genesis 38:20

38:20 Then Judah had his friend Hirah ³  the Adullamite take a young goat to get back from the woman the items he had given in pledge, ⁴  but Hirah ⁵  could not find her.

[32:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and he put them in the hand of.”

[32:16]  ² tn Heb “a herd, a herd, by itself,” or “each herd by itself.” The distributive sense is expressed by repetition.

[38:20]  ³ tn Heb “sent by the hand of his friend.” Here the name of the friend (“Hirah”) has been included in the translation for clarity.

[38:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand.”

[38:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Judah’s friend Hirah the Adullamite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.