Génesis 38:18

18 —¿Qué clase de garantía quieres? —respondió él.
Ella contestó:
—Déjame tu sello de identidad junto con su cordón, y el bastón que llevas.
Entonces Judá se los entregó. Después tuvo relaciones sexuales con ella, y Tamar quedó embarazada.

Génesis 38:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:18

And he said, what pledge shall I give thee?
&c.] 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 hand;
she asks all these, that if one should be lost, or fail of being sufficient proof, the other might: the first of these the Septuagint version renders, "thy ring"; the ring upon his finger, which had a seal on it, and was the signet of his right hand; so Onkelos and Ben Melech: the second word seems not so well rendered, since "bracelets" were wore by women and not men: Jarchi takes it to be a garment with which he was covered; so Ben Melech and the Targum, a cloak, which is not likely, that she should desire him to strip off his clothes: it seems to be either a covering of his head, a wrap of linen such as the Turks wear, or else a handkerchief he had in his pocket; and the staff in his hand was either his walking staff or a shepherd's crook or staff: and he gave [it] her,
all the above things as a pledge: and came in unto her;
not on the public road, but in some private place at some distance, to which they retired. Maimonides ^F3 says, before the law was given, if a man met a woman in the street, and he and she agreed, he gave her hire, and he lay with her, and went away, and such an one was called "Kedeshah", a harlot, the word used afterwards for Tamar: and she conceived by him;
she proved with child upon it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Hilchot lshot, c. 1. sect. 4.

Génesis 38:18 In-Context

16 Entonces se detuvo y le hizo una propuesta indecente:
—Déjame tener sexo contigo —le dijo, sin darse cuenta de que era su propia nuera.
—¿Cuánto me pagarás por tener sexo contigo? —preguntó Tamar.

17 —Te enviaré un cabrito de mi rebaño —prometió Judá.
—¿Pero qué me darás como garantía de que enviarás el cabrito? —preguntó ella.

18 —¿Qué clase de garantía quieres? —respondió él.
Ella contestó:
—Déjame tu sello de identidad junto con su cordón, y el bastón que llevas.
Entonces Judá se los entregó. Después tuvo relaciones sexuales con ella, y Tamar quedó embarazada.

19 Luego ella regresó a su casa, se quitó el velo y se puso la ropa de viuda como de costumbre.

20 Más tarde Judá le pidió a su amigo Hira el adulamita que llevara el cabrito a la mujer y recogiera las cosas que le había dejado como garantía, pero Hira no pudo encontrarla.