Genesis 38:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 38:16 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֵּ֨ט
nâṭâh
H5186
to stretch out
אֵלֶ֜יהָ
ʼêl
H413
to
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ
derek
H1870
way
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הָֽבָה
yâhab
H3051
to give
נָּא֙
nâʼ
H4994
please
אָב֣וֹא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֵלַ֔יִךְ
ʼêl
H413
to
כִּ֚י
kîy
H3588
that
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָדַ֔ע
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
כִּ֥י
kîy
H3588
that
כַלָּת֖וֹ
kallâh
H3618
bride
הִ֑וא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
וַתֹּ֨אמֶר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
מַה
mâh
H4100
what
תִּתֶּן
nâthan
H5414
to give
לִּ֔י
כִּ֥י
kîy
H3588
that
תָב֖וֹא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֵלָֽי
ʼêl
H413
to
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World English Bible Public Domain
He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come, let me come in to you:" for he didn't know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"
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King James Version Public Domain
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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So he turned to her beside the road and said, “Please come, let me come to you,” because he did not know that she his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give to me if you will come to me?”
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