He turned to her by the way, and said, *Please come, let me come in to you,* for he didn't know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, *What will you give me, that you may come in to me?*
Genesis 38:17 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He said, *I will send you a kid of the goats from the flock.* She said, *Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He answered, I will send you a kid from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a pledge (deposit) until you send it? American Standard Version (1901) And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? Common English Bible He said, “I will give you a kid goat from my flock.” She said, “Only if you give me some deposit, as security to guarantee that you will send it.” Catholic Public Domain Version He said, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." And again, she said, "I will allow what you want, if you give me a pledge, until you may send what you promise." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He said: I will send thee a kid out of the flock. And when she said again: I will suffer what thou wilt, if thou give a pledge, till thou send what thou promisest. |
He turned to her by the way, and said, *Please come, let me come in to you,* for he didn't know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, *What will you give me, that you may come in to me?*
He said, *What pledge will I give you?* She said, *Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.* He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
Yehudah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend, the `Adullami, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her.
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
They give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution.
*His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
But it happened after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Shimshon visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father wouldn't allow him to go in.