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Genesis 38:17

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?

KJV

dixit : Mittam tibi hædum de gregibus. Rursumque illa dicente : Patiar quod vis, si dederis mihi arrhabonem, donec mittas quod polliceris.

Vulgate

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ἐγώ σοι ἀποστέλλω ἔριφον αἰγῶν ἐκ τῶν προβάτων. ἡ δὲ εἶπεν Ἐὰν δῷς ἀρραβῶνα ἕως τοῦ ἀποστεῖλαί σε.

LXX

And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר אָנֹכִ֛י אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח גְּדִֽי עִזִּ֖ים מִן הַ/צֹּ֑אן וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶר אִם תִּתֵּ֥ן עֵרָב֖וֹן עַ֥ד שָׁלְחֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
גְּדִ֖י
gdy
noun · 16×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עִזִּ֥ים
'zym
noun · 74×
עֵרָב֖וֹן
'rbvn
noun · 3×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 16:33 — They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
  • Gen 38:20 — 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.
  • Judg 15:1 — But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer