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Genesis 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.

KJV

Misit autem Judas hædum per pastorem suum Odollamitem, ut reciperet pignus quod dederat mulieri : qui cum non invenisset eam,

Vulgate

ἀπέστειλεν δὲ Ἰούδας τὸν ἔριφον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἐν χειρὶ τοῦ ποιμένος αὐτοῦ τοῦ Ὀδολλαμείτου, κομίσασθαι τὸν ἀρραβῶνα παρὰ τῆς γυναικός· καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν αὐτήν.

LXX

And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֨ח יְהוּדָ֜ה אֶת גְּדִ֣י הָֽ/עִזִּ֗ים בְּ/יַד֙ רֵעֵ֣/הוּ הָֽ/עֲדֻלָּמִ֔י לָ/קַ֥חַת הָ/עֵרָב֖וֹן מִ/יַּ֣ד הָ/אִשָּׁ֑ה וְ/לֹ֖א מְצָאָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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People JudahJudah

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גְּדִ֖י
gdy
noun · 16×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עֲדֻלָּמִ֖י
'dlmy
noun · 3×
עִזִּ֥ים
'zym
noun · 74×
עֵרָב֖וֹן
'rbvn
noun · 3×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 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?