Genesi 38:17

17 Ed egli le disse: "Ti manderò un capretto del mio gregge". Ed ella: "Mi darai tu un pegno finché tu me l’abbia mandato?"

Genesi 38:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:17

And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the flock
Either from Timnath, where his flock was shearing, or rather from Adullam, where he lived; since it is probable he was now returning from Timnath, where he had been feasting and making merry with his shearers, and so in a disposition to commit such an action: and she said, wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou send [it]?
she made no objection to the hire or present, only required a pawn, or security for it till she had it; and this was her view indeed in asking an hire that she might have something to produce, should she prove with child by him, to convince him by whom it was.

Genesi 38:17 In-Context

15 Come Giuda la vide, la prese per una meretrice, perch’essa aveva il viso coperto.
16 E accostatosi a lei sulla via, le disse: "Lasciami venire da te!" Poiché non sapeva ch’ella fosse sua nuora. Ed ella rispose: "Che mi darai per venire da me?"
17 Ed egli le disse: "Ti manderò un capretto del mio gregge". Ed ella: "Mi darai tu un pegno finché tu me l’abbia mandato?"
18 Ed egli: "Che pegno ti darò?" E l’altra rispose: "Il tuo sigillo, il tuo cordone e il bastone che hai in mano". Egli glieli dette, andò da lei, ed ella rimase incinta di lui.
19 Poi ella si levò, e se ne andò; si tolse il velo, e si rimise le vesti da vedova.
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