Verse 17

He replied, 'I will send you a young goat from my flock.' She said, 'Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?'

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 38:20 : 20 Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to retrieve the pledge from the woman, but he could not find her.
  • Ezek 16:33 : 33 All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give gifts to all your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your acts of prostitution.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 The master praised the dishonest manager for acting shrewdly, because the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
  • Gen 38:24-25 : 24 About three months later, Judah was told, 'Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant as a result.' Judah said, 'Bring her out and let her be burned!' 25 As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law, saying, 'I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.' And she added, 'Please examine them. Whose seal, cord, and staff are these?'
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take a garment as security from one who guarantees a stranger's debt; hold it in pledge if it is for a foreign woman.