Genesis 38:17 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 38:17

“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Wilt thou give me a pledge till thou send it? - The word ערבון erabon signifies an earnest of something promised, a part of the price agreed for between a buyer and seller, by giving and receiving of which the bargain was ratified; or a deposit, which was to be restored when the thing promised should be given.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אָנֹכִ֛י	'a.no.Khi	I	H595 →
אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח	'a.sha.Lach	I will send	H7971 →
גְּדִֽי־	ge.di-	a kid of	H1423 →
עִזִּ֖ים	'i.Zim	goats	H5795 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַצֹּ֑אן	ha.Tzon	the flock	H6629 →
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
תִּתֵּ֥ן	ti.Ten	you will give	H5414 →
עֵרָב֖וֹן	e.ra.Von	a pledge	H6162 →
עַ֥ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
שָׁלְחֶֽךָ׃	shal.Che.kha	sending [it] you	H7971 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 16:8
The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5
  For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
- Ephesians 5:8
  For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- John 12:36
  While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.
- Proverbs 6:6–8
  Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
- Luke 16:10
  Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
Through
Proverbs 20:16
Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
leads to
- Proverbs 27:13
  Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- Exodus 22:26–27
  If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
Through
Ezekiel 16:33
Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.
leads to
- Isaiah 57:9
  You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.