³⁷ Similarly, no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins and will spill out, and the skins will be ruined.

¹³ these wineskins were new when we filled them, and see, they are burst, and these garments and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey.”

⁴ they on their part acted with cunning: they went and prepared provisions^[a] and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys and wineskins, worn out and torn and mended,