Genesis 38:17

New American Bible - revised edition

He answered, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” “Very well,” she said, “provided you leave me a pledge until you send it.”

Cross References

Genesis 38:16

So he went over to her at the roadside and said, “Come, let me have intercourse with you,” for he did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law. She replied, “What will you pay me for letting you have intercourse with me?”

Genesis 38:18

Judah asked, “What pledge should I leave you?” She answered, “Your seal and cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and had intercourse with her, and she conceived by him.

Genesis 38:20

Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to recover the pledge from the woman; but he did not find her.

Proverbs 20:16

Take the garment of the one who became surety for a stranger; if for foreigners, exact the pledge!

Ezekiel 16:33

Prostitutes usually receive gifts. But you bestowed gifts on all your lovers, bribing them to come to you for prostitution from every side.

Luke 16:8

And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently. Application of the Parable. “For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.

Judges 15:1

After some time, in the season of the wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife, bringing a young goat. But when he said, “Let me go into my wife’s room,” her father would not let him go in.