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.”

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.

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17 “I’ll send you a young goat(A) from my flock,” he said.

“Will you give me something as a pledge(B) until you send it?” she asked.

18 He said, “What pledge should I give you?”

“Your seal(C) and its cord, and the staff(D) in your hand,” she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.(E)

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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?

18 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.

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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.

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20 Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite(A) in order to get his pledge(B) back from the woman, but he did not find her.

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20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

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22 He has also put his seal on us and given us the Spirit in our hearts(A) as a down payment.(B)

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22 set his seal(A) of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(B)

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22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

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Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

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Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(A)

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Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

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