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Genesis 38:16-18
Tree of Life Version
Genesis 38:16-18
Tree of Life Version
16 So he turned aside to her along the way and said, “Please let me sleep with you” (for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law).
“What,” she asked, “will you give me to sleep with me?”
17 “I will send you a young goat from the flock,” he said,
“Provided you give a pledge until you send it,” she said.
18 “What kind of pledge shall I give you?” he asked.
“Your seal, and your cord, and your staff in your hand,” she said. So he gave them to her and he slept with her, and she got pregnant by him.
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Genesis 38:16-18
New International Version
Genesis 38:16-18
New International Version
16 Not realizing(A) that she was his daughter-in-law,(B) he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.”(C)
“And what will you give me to sleep with you?”(D) she asked.
17 “I’ll send you a young goat(E) from my flock,” he said.
“Will you give me something as a pledge(F) until you send it?” she asked.
18 He said, “What pledge should I give you?”
“Your seal(G) and its cord, and the staff(H) in your hand,” she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.(I)
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