Genesis 38:17

Judah said, “I will send you a young goat.” But Tamar said, “Can you give me something of yours to keep until you send the goat. When I get the goat I will give that special thing back to you.”

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

18Judah said, “What sort of thing should I give you?” Tamar said, “Give me your necklace with your name on it, and your walking stick.” Judah gave her his necklace and walking stick and they went to bed together. When Tamar went home, she took the cloth off her face and put on her widow's clothes again. Some time later, Tamar knew she was going to have a baby.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:24Three months later someone said to Judah, “Tamar your daughter in law has been sleeping with men for money, and she is going to have a baby.” So Judah said, “Bring her here so that we can burn her alive.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 38:13-24

12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When… Read the whole commentary →

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