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Genesis 38:18

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.

KJV

Ait Judas : Quid tibi vis pro arrhabone dari ? Respondit : Annulum tuum, et armillam, et baculum quem manu tenes. Ad unum igitur coitum mulier concepit,

Vulgate

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Τίνα τὸν ἀρραβῶνά σοι δώσω; ἡ δὲ εἶπεν Τὸν δακτύλιόν σου καὶ τὸν ὁρμίσκον καὶ τὴν ῥάβδον τὴν ἐν τῇ χειρί σου. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτήν· καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔλαβεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר מָ֣ה הָֽ/עֵרָבוֹן֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶתֶּן לָּ/ךְ֒ וַ/תֹּ֗אמֶר חֹתָֽמְ/ךָ֙ וּ/פְתִילֶ֔/ךָ וּ/מַטְּ/ךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ/יָדֶ֑/ךָ וַ/יִּתֶּן לָּ֛/הּ וַ/יָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶ֖י/הָ וַ/תַּ֥הַר לֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חוֹתָם֙
chvtm
noun · 14×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מַטֵּ֣ה
mth
noun · 235×
עֵרָב֖וֹן
'rbvn
noun · 3×
פְתִ֣יל
ptyl
noun · 11×
תַּ֖הַר
thr
verb · 43×

Historic Christian voices

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

§1295By this anointing the confirmand receives the "mark," the seal of the Holy Spirit. A seal is a symbol of a person, a sign of personal authority, or ownership of an object.105 Hence soldiers were marked with their leader's seal and slaves with their master's. A seal authenticates a juridical act or document and occasionally makes it secret.106

Cross-references

  • Gen 38:25 — When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and sta
  • Gen 38:25 — When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and sta
  • Lev 20:12 — And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.