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Genesis 38:16-18
English Standard Version
Genesis 38:16-18
English Standard Version
16 He turned to her at the roadside and said, “Come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?” 17 He answered, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “If you give me a pledge, until you send it—” 18 He said, “What pledge shall I give you?” She replied, (A)“Your signet and your cord and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
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Genesis 38:16-18
New International Version
Genesis 38:16-18
New International Version
16 Not realizing(A) that she was his daughter-in-law,(B) he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.”(C)
“And what will you give me to sleep with you?”(D) she asked.
17 “I’ll send you a young goat(E) from my flock,” he said.
“Will you give me something as a pledge(F) until you send it?” she asked.
18 He said, “What pledge should I give you?”
“Your seal(G) and its cord, and the staff(H) in your hand,” she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.(I)
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