Genesis 38:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

He said, I will send you a young goat from the flock. She said, Will you give me a pledge, till you send it?

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  • Gen 38:20 : 20 Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he could not find her.
  • Ezek 16:33 : 33 They give gifts to all harlots, but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and hire them, that they may come to you on every side for your whoredom.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And the master commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
  • Gen 38:24-25 : 24 About three months later, it was told Judah, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; moreover, she is pregnant by harlotry. 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, By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant. She also said, Discern, please, whose these are—the signet, the bracelets, and the staff.
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it in pledge for a foreign woman.

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  • Gen 38:18-23
    6 verses
    88%

    18He said, What pledge shall I give you? She replied, Your signet, your bracelets, and your staff that is in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

    19Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil, she put on her widow’s garments again.

    20Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he could not find her.

    21He asked the men of the place, Where is the prostitute who was by the roadside? They said, There has been no prostitute here.

    22So he returned to Judah and said, I could not find her; and the men of the place said there has been no prostitute there.

    23Judah said, Let her keep them, lest we become a laughingstock; after all, I sent the young goat, and you did not find her.

  • Gen 38:15-16
    2 verses
    82%

    15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face.

    16He turned to her by the roadside and said, Let me come in to you; for he did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me?

  • Gen 30:31
    73%

    31He said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock."

  • Gen 38:25-26
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    73%

    25As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law, saying, By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant. She also said, Discern, please, whose these are—the signet, the bracelets, and the staff.

    26Judah acknowledged them and said, She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he never knew her again.

  • Gen 34:11-12
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    72%

    11And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find grace in your eyes, and whatever you say to me, I will give.

    12Ask me for ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to your saying to me, but give me the young woman as a wife.

  • Gen 27:9
    72%

    9Go now to the flock, and bring me from there two good young goats; and I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves:

  • Gen 24:37-38
    2 verses
    72%

    37Now my master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

    38but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.'

  • Gen 24:23
    71%

    23and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to lodge?"

  • Gen 15:9
    71%

    9And He said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

  • Gen 24:8
    70%

    8And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."

  • Judg 11:38
    70%

    38And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

  • Gen 24:40-41
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    70%

    40But he said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house.

    41You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family, for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.'

  • Ruth 3:14-17
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    69%

    14And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before anyone could recognize another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

    15Also he said, Bring the veil that you have upon you, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

    16And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who are you, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

    17And she said, These six measures of barley he gave me; for he said to me, Go not empty to your mother-in-law.

  • Gen 31:9
    69%

    9So God has taken away the cattle of your father and given them to me.

  • Ruth 3:4-5
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    69%

    4And it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lie down; and he will tell you what you shall do.

    5And she said to her, All that you say to me I will do.

  • Judg 19:3
    68%

    3And her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, having his servant with him and a pair of donkeys. She brought him into her father's house, and when the young woman’s father saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

  • Gen 24:43
    68%

    43behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"

  • Judg 6:18
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    18Depart not hence, I pray you, until I come unto you, and bring forth my offering, and set it before you. And he said, I will wait until you come again.

  • Hos 3:3
    68%

    3And I said to her, You shall stay for me many days; you shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be for another man: so will I also be for you.

  • Gen 21:27
    68%

    27And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and both of them made a covenant.

  • Gen 30:28
    68%

    28He said, "Set your wages, and I will give it."

  • Deut 22:17
    68%

    17And behold, he has given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not your daughter a virgin; and yet these are the signs of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

  • Gen 24:18
    68%

    18And she said, "Drink, my lord." Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand and gave him a drink.

  • Gen 24:25
    68%

    25Moreover she said to him, "We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge."

  • Gen 44:32
    68%

    32For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.

  • Gen 24:4
    68%

    4But you shall go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

  • Gen 30:15
    68%

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  • Gen 24:47
    68%

    47Then I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' So I put the nose ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

  • Josh 2:17
    68%

    17And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this your oath which you have made us swear.

  • Gen 38:13
    68%

    13Tamar was told, Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

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    68%

    38These twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your she goats have not miscarried, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten.