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Genesis 38:18

World English Bible

He 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.

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Genesis 38:18 in other translations

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

Genesis 38:18 · American Standard Version

Genesis 38:18 in context

  1. 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?”
  2. 17He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.”
    She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?”
  3. 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.
  4. 19She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
  5. 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.