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Genesis 38:16-19 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

16. And entering to her, he said, "Permit me to join with you." For he did not know her to be his daughter-in-law. And she responded, "What will you give to me, to enjoy me as a concubine?"

17. He said, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." And again, she said, "I will allow what you want, if you give me a pledge, until you may send what you promise."

18. Judah said, "What do you want to be given for a pledge?" She responded, "Your ring and bracelet, and the staff that you hold in your hand." Thereupon, the woman, from one sexual encounter, conceived.

19. And she arose and went away. And storing away the garments that she had taken up, she was clothed in the garments of her widowhood.

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