Genesis 38:15-18

15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
16 Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “And what will you give me to sleep with you?” she asked.
17 “I’ll send you a young goat from my flock,” he said. “Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?” she asked.
18 He said, “What pledge should I give you?” “Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand,” she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

Cross References 10

  • 1. Judges 11:1; Judges 16:1
  • 2. Genesis 42:23
  • 3. Leviticus 18:15; Leviticus 20:12; Ruth 1:6
  • 4. Genesis 39:7,12; 2Sa 13:11
  • 5. S Genesis 30:15
  • 6. Judges 15:1; Ezekiel 16:33
  • 7. ver 20
  • 8. ver 25; 1 Kings 21:8; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:8; Song of Songs 8:6; Isaiah 49:16; Jeremiah 22:24; Haggai 2:23; 2 Corinthians 1:22; Ephesians 1:13
  • 9. S Genesis 32:10; S Exodus 4:2
  • 10. S Genesis 19:32
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