Genesis 38:18

וַיֹּאמֶר מָה הָֽעֵרָבוֹן אֲשֶׁר אֶתֶּן ־ לָּךְ וַתֹּאמֶר חֹתָֽמְךָ וּפְתִילֶךָ וּמַטְּךָ אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדֶךָ וַיִּתֶּן ־ לָּהּ וַיָּבֹא אֵלֶיהָ וַתַּהַר לֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

In Context

17וַיֹּאמֶר אָנֹכִי אֲשַׁלַּח גְּדִֽי ־ עִזִּים מִן ־ הַצֹּאן וַתֹּאמֶר אִם ־ תִּתֵּן עֵרָבוֹן עַד שָׁלְחֶֽךָ ׃

19וַתָּקָם וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתָּסַר צְעִיפָהּ מֵעָלֶיהָ וַתִּלְבַּשׁ בִּגְדֵי אַלְמְנוּתָֽהּ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 38:25הִוא מוּצֵאת וְהִיא שָׁלְחָה אֶל ־ חָמִיהָ לֵאמֹר לְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר ־ אֵלֶּה לּוֹ אָנֹכִי הָרָה וַתֹּאמֶר הַכֶּר ־ נָא לְמִי הַחֹתֶמֶת וְהַפְּתִילִים וְהַמַּטֶּה הָאֵֽלֶּה ׃

Jeremiah 22:24חַי ־ אָנִי נְאֻם ־ יְהוָה כִּי אִם ־ יִהְיֶה כָּנְיָהוּ בֶן ־ יְהֽוֹיָקִים מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה חוֹתָם עַל ־ יַד יְמִינִי כִּי מִשָּׁם אֶתְּקֶֽנְךָּ ׃

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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