Genesis 39:12

39:12 She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, “Have sex with me!” But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran ¹  outside. ² 

Genesis 38:19

38:19 She left immediately, ³  removed her veil, and put on her widow’s clothes.

Genesis 39:13

39:13 When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside,

Genesis 39:16

39:16 So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home.

Genesis 37:29

37:29 Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! ⁴  He tore his clothes,

Genesis 39:15

39:15 When he heard me raise ⁵  my voice and scream, he left his outer garment beside me and ran outside.”

Genesis 39:18

39:18 but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside.”

Genesis 24:53

24:53 Then he ⁶  brought out gold, silver jewelry, and clothing and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave valuable gifts to her brother and to her mother.

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 27:27

27:27 So Jacob ⁷  went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent ⁸  of his clothing, he blessed him, saying,

“Yes, ⁹  my son smells

like the scent of an open field

which the Lord has blessed.

Genesis 28:20

28:20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food ¹⁰  to eat and clothing to wear,

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 ¹¹  she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.) ¹² 

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 ¹³  clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

[39:12]  ¹ tn Heb “he fled and he went out.” The construction emphasizes the point that Joseph got out of there quickly.

[39:12]  ² sn For discussion of this episode, see A. M. Honeyman, “The Occasion of Joseph’s Temptation,” VT 2 (1952): 85-87.

[38:19]  ³ tn Heb “and she arose and left,” the first verb in the pair emphasizing that she wasted no time.

[37:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “and look, Joseph was not in the cistern.” By the use of וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh, “and look”), the narrator invites the reader to see the situation through Reuben’s eyes.

[39:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “that I raised.”

[24:53]  ⁹ tn Heb “the servant”; the noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[27:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[27:27]  ¹² tn Heb “and he smelled the smell”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[27:27]  ¹³ tn Heb “see.”

[28:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “bread,” although the term can be used for food in general.

[38:14]  ¹⁵ 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]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “she saw that Shelah had grown up, but she was not given to him as a wife.”

[41:42]  ¹⁷ 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.