Genesis 38:17

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¹⁷“I’ll send you a young goat^b from my flock,” he said.

“Will you give me something as a pledge^c until you send it?” she asked.

He answered, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “If you give me a pledge, until you send it—”

“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” he replied.

But she said, “Only if you leave something with me until you send it.”

“I’ll send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah promised.

“But what will you give me to guarantee that you will send the goat?” she asked.

And he said, “I will send a kid from the goats of the flock.” And she said, “Only if you give a pledge until you send it.”

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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