Genesis 38 · Verse 17

Genesis 38:17

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?

Genesis 38:17, King James Version

Genesis 38:17 in other translations

BSB	“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.”
WEB	He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?”
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?
YLT	and he saith, ‘I--I send a kid of the goats from the flock.' And she saith, ‘Dost thou give a pledge till thou send it?'
DARBY	And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, until thou send it?
BBE	And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?
Webster	And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock: and she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou sendest it?

What does Genesis 38:17 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 17 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. St. Paul uses the same word in Greek letters, αρῥαβων, 2Cor 1:22; Eph 1:14. From the use of the term in this history we may at once see what the apostle means by the Holy Spirit being the Earnest, αρῥαβων, of the promised inheritance; viz., a security given in hand for the fulfillment of all God's promises relative to grace and eternal life. We may learn from this that eternal life will be given in the great day to all who can produce this erabon or pledge. He who has the earnest of the Spirit then in his heart shall not only be saved from death, but have that eternal life of which it is the pledge and the evidence. What the pledge given by Judah was, see on Gen 38:25 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Genesis 38:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559

אָנֹכִ֛י'a.no.KhiIH595

אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח'a.sha.LachI will sendH7971

גְּדִֽי\־ge.di-a kid ofH1423

עִזִּ֖ים'i.ZimgoatsH5795

מִן\־min-fromH4480

הַצֹּ֑אןha.Tzonthe flockH6629

וַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559

אִם\־'im-ifH518

תִּתֵּ֥ןti.Tenyou will giveH5414

עֵרָב֖וֹןe.ra.Vona pledgeH6162

עַ֥ד'aduntilH5704

שָׁלְחֶֽךָ\׃shal.Che.khasending [it] youH7971

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 38:17

Genesis 38:20
And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
Ezekiel 16:33
They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Genesis 38:24-25
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I will.
Eze 16:33
a kid. Heb. a kid of the goats. Wilt thou.
20,24,25; Pr 20:16; Lu 16:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Genesis 38:16
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?
Genesis 38:17
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?
Genesis 38:18
And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

Read all of Genesis 38

Genesis 38:17 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	El respondió: Yo te enviaré del ganado un cabrito de las cabras. Y ella dijo: Hasme de dar prenda hasta que lo envíes.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et il dit: J’enverrai un chevreau du troupeau. Et elle dit: Me donneras-tu un gage, jusqu’à ce que tu l’envoies?
German Elberfelder 1871	Da sprach er: Ich will dir ein Ziegenböcklein von der Herde senden. Und sie sprach: Wenn du ein Pfand gibst, bis du es sendest.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	dixit: Mittam tibi hædum de gregibus. Rursumque illa dicente: Patiar quod vis, si dederis mihi arrhabonem, donec mittas quod polliceris.