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Genesis 38:16

Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.

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ASV

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee: for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

KJV

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּ֨טvai.Yetand he turned asideH5186
אֵלֶ֜יהָ'e.Lei.hato herH413
אֶל־'el-toH413
הַדֶּ֗רֶךְha.De.rekhthe roadH1870
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559
הָֽבָה־ha.vah-give !H3051
נָּא֙na'pleaseH4994
אָב֣וֹא'a.Vo'let me goH935
אֵלַ֔יִךְ'e.La.yikhinto youH413
כִּ֚יkiforH3588
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יָדַ֔עya.Da'he knewH3045
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
כַלָּת֖וֹkha.la.To[was] daughter-in-law hisH3618
הִ֑ואhi'sheH1931
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merand she saidH559
מַה־mah-what?H4100
תִּתֶּן־ti.ten-will you giveH5414
לִּ֔יLito <the> me
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
תָב֖וֹאta.Vo'you will comeH935
אֵלָֽי׃'e.Laiinto meH413

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About Genesis

The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain