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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Gill's Exposition
And he said, what pledge shall I give thee?.... Being willing to part with anything for the gratification of his lust:
and she said, thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine…
- The Family of Judah 1. עדלם ‛ǎdûllâm, ‘Adullam, “righteousness.” חירה chı̂yrâh Chirah, “nobility?” 2. שׁוּע shûa‛, Shua‘, “luck, riches, cry.” 3. ער ‛êr, ‘Er, “watching.” 4. אונן 'ônân,…
Adam Clarke
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…
It is a very ill-favoured story that is here told concerning Judah; one would not have expected such folly in Israel. Judah had buried his wife; and widowers have need to stand upon their guard with…
Tamar and Judah
12. Timnah Possibly the same as in Jos 15:10; Jos 15:57; Jdg 14:1.
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