Genesis 38:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘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.’

Cross References

Ezekiel 16:33

Men give gifts to all prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from all around for your sexual favours.

Genesis 38:20

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.

Luke 16:8

‘The master praised the unrighteous manager   because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age   are more shrewd than the children of light   in dealing with their own people.

Proverbs 20:16

Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.

Genesis 38:16

He went over to her and said, ‘Come, let me sleep with you,’ for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, ‘What will you give me for sleeping with me? ’

Genesis 38:18

‘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 became pregnant by him.

Judges 15:1

Later on, during the wheat harvest,  Samson took a young goat as a gift and visited his wife. ‘I want to go to my wife in her room,’ he said. But her father would not let him enter.