Genesis 38:19

38:19 She left immediately, ¹  removed her veil, and put on her widow’s clothes.

Genesis 27:15

27:15 Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

Genesis 38:14

38:14 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 ²  she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.) ³ 

Genesis 41:42

41:42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph’s. He clothed him with fine linen ⁴  clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

[38:19]  ¹ tn Heb “and she arose and left,” the first verb in the pair emphasizing that she wasted no time.

[38:14]  ² 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.

[38:14]  ³ tn Heb “she saw that Shelah had grown up, but she was not given to him as a wife.”

[41:42]  ³ 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.