Genesis 38:17

World English Bible (2000)

He said, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?"

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 38:20 : 20 Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her.
  • Ezek 16:33 : 33 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.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 "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.
  • Gen 38:24-25 : 24 It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt." 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these--the signet, and the cords, and the staff."
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

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  • Gen 38:18-23
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    88%

    18He 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.

    19She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

    20Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her.

    21Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There has been no prostitute here."

    22He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"

    23Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven't found her."

  • Gen 38:15-16
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    82%

    15When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

    16He 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?"

  • Gen 30:31
    73%

    31He said, "What shall I give you?" Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.

  • Gen 38:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these--the signet, and the cords, and the staff."

    26Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I didn't give her to Shelah, my son." He knew her again no more.

  • Gen 34:11-12
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    72%

    11Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.

    12Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife."

  • Gen 27:9
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    9Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good young goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.

  • Gen 24:37-38
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    72%

    37My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

    38but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'

  • Gen 24:23
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    23and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"

  • Gen 15:9
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    9He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."

  • Gen 24:8
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    8If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again."

  • Judg 11:38
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    38He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.

  • Gen 24:40-41
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    40He said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father's house.

    41Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'

  • Ruth 3:14-17
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    69%

    14She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one could discern another. For he said, "Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor."

    15He said, "Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it." She held it; and he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid it on her; and he went into the city.

    16When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How did it go, my daughter?" She told her all that the man had done to her.

    17She said, "He gave me these six [measures] of barley; for he said, 'Don't go empty to your mother-in-law.'"

  • Gen 31:9
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    9Thus God has taken away your father's livestock, and given them to me.

  • Ruth 3:4-5
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    4It shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lay down; then he will tell you what you shall do."

    5She said to her, "All that you say I will do."

  • Judg 19:3
    68%

    3Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

  • Gen 24:43
    68%

    43behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"

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    18Please don't go away, until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you." He said, "I will wait until you come back."

  • Hos 3:3
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    3I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man. I will also be so toward you."

  • Gen 21:27
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    27Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.

  • Gen 30:28
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  • Deut 22:17
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    17and behold, he has accused her of shameful things, saying, 'I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity;' and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity." They shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

  • Gen 24:18
    68%

    18She said, "Drink, my lord." She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.

  • Gen 24:25
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    25She said moreover to him, "We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in."

  • Gen 44:32
    68%

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    13It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

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