Genesis 7:2

7:2 You must take with you seven ¹  of every kind of clean animal, ²  the male and its mate, ³  two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,

Genesis 27:11

27:11 “But Esau my brother is a hairy man,” Jacob protested to his mother Rebekah, “and I have smooth skin! ⁴ 

Genesis 39:11

39:11 One day ⁵  he went into the house to do his work when none of the household servants ⁶  were there in the house.

Genesis 43:24

43:24 The servant in charge ⁷  brought the men into Joseph’s house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he gave food to their donkeys.

[7:2]  ¹ tn Or “seven pairs” (cf. NRSV).

[7:2]  ² sn For a study of the Levitical terminology of “clean” and “unclean,” see L. E. Toombs, IDB 1:643.

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “a male and his female” (also a second time at the end of this verse). The terms used here for male and female animals (אִישׁ, ’ish) and אִשָּׁה, ’ishah) normally refer to humans.

[27:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, ‘Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, but I am a smooth [skinned] man.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[39:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it was about this day.”

[39:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “the men of the house.”

[43:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the man.”