Chuàngshìjì 38:17

17 Yóudà shuō , wǒ cóng yáng qún lǐ qǔ yī zhī shānyánggāo , dǎfa rén sòng lái gĕi nǐ . Tāmǎ shuō , zaì wèi sòng yǐ xiān , nǐ yuànyì gĕi wǒ yī gè dàngtóu ma ,

Chuàngshìjì 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.

Chuàngshìjì 38:17 In-Context

15 Yóudà kànjian tā , yǐwéi shì jìnǚ , yīnwei tā mĕng zhe liǎn .

16 Yóudà jiù zhuǎn dào Tānàli qù , shuō , lái ba . ràng wǒ yǔ nǐ tóng qǐn . tā yuán bú zhīdào shì tāde ér fù . Tāmǎ shuō , nǐ yào yǔ wǒ tóng qǐn , bǎ shénme gĕi wǒ ne ,

17 Yóudà shuō , wǒ cóng yáng qún lǐ qǔ yī zhī shānyánggāo , dǎfa rén sòng lái gĕi nǐ . Tāmǎ shuō , zaì wèi sòng yǐ xiān , nǐ yuànyì gĕi wǒ yī gè dàngtóu ma ,

18 Tā shuō , wǒ gĕi nǐ shénme dàngtóu ne , Tāmǎ shuō , nǐde yìn , nǐde daìzi , hé nǐ shǒu lǐ de zhàng . Yóudà jiù gĕi le tā , yǔ tā tóng qǐn , tā jiù cóng Yóudà huái le yùn .

19 Tāmǎ qǐlai zǒu le , chú qù pàzi , réngjiù chuān shàng zuò guǎfu de yīshang .