Genesis 38:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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.

Genesis 38:17 Tagairtí Cros

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.

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.

Proverbs 20:16

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

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.

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.

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.