KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 38:15–16
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Genesis 38:15
15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
15When Iudah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot: because she had couered her face.
Genesis 38:16
16And 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?
16And hee turned vnto her by the way, and said, Goe to, I pray thee, let me come in vnto thee: (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law) and she said, what wilt thou giue mee, that thou mayest come in vnto me?
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 38:15
Anxiety or excessive care; 'take thought' means to be anxious.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 38:16
Moved in a circle; changed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Perceived, understood, recognized, or was acquainted with.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A rule, command, or body of commands established by authority; especially God's commandments or the law given through Moses, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To will, choose, intend, or be disposed to; as an auxiliary, indicates future action.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Open the full verse study11And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
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Open the full verse study15And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
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Open the full verse study18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
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Open the full verse study33They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
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