¹⁷ “I will send you a young goat from my flock,” he replied.

But she said, “Only if you leave something with me until you send it.”

¹⁸ “What should I give you?” he asked.

She answered, “Your signet ring, your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she got pregnant by him.

²⁰ When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get back the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.

²² He has also sealed us and given us the Spirit as a down payment^(A) in our hearts.^(B)

⁵ And the One who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.