Genesis 38:16

Genesis chapter 38 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Come, 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?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Context

v.15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.

v.16This passage

v.17And 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?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Deuteronomy 23:18
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
Ezekiel 16:33
They give gifts to all harlots; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and bribest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Matthew 26:15
and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.
2 Samuel 13:11
And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come, lie with me, my sister.