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OET (OET-RV) So he turned to her beside the road and asked, “Please let me lie with you,” because he didn’t know that she was his daughter-in-law.
¶ “What will you give me in exchange?” she asked.
OET-LV And_went_over to_her/it to the_roadside and_he/it_said come_now please let_me_go to_you if/because not he_knew if/because_that daughter-in-law_his she and_she/it_said what will_you_give to/for_me[fn] (cmp) you_will_come to_me.
38:16 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
UHB וַיֵּ֨ט אֵלֶ֜יהָ אֶל־הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הָֽבָה־נָּא֙ אָב֣וֹא אֵלַ֔יִךְ כִּ֚י לֹ֣א יָדַ֔ע כִּ֥י כַלָּת֖וֹ הִ֑וא וַתֹּ֨אמֶר֙ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִּ֔י כִּ֥י תָב֖וֹא אֵלָֽי׃ ‡
(vayyēţ ʼēleyhā ʼel-hadderek vayyoʼmer hāⱱāh-nāʼ ʼāⱱōʼ ʼēlayik kiy loʼ yādaˊ kiy kallātō hivʼ vattoʼmer mah-titten-liy kiy tāⱱōʼ ʼēlāy.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Ἐξέκλινε δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν τὴν ὁδόν· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, ἔασόν με εἰσελθεῖν πρός σε· οὐ γὰρ ἔγνω, ὅτι νύμφη αὐτοῦ ἐστίν· ἡ δὲ εἶπε, τί μοι δώσεις, ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃς πρός με;
(Exekline de pros autaʸn taʸn hodon; kai eipen autaʸ, eason me eiselthein pros se; ou gar egnō, hoti numfaʸ autou estin; haʸ de eipe, ti moi dōseis, ean eiselthaʸs pros me; )
BrTr And he went out of [fn]his way to her, and said to her, Let me come in to thee; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law; and she said, What wilt thou give me if thou shouldest come in to me?
38:16 Lit. turned his way to her.
ULT So he turned to her beside the road and said, “Please come, let me come to you,” because he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give to me if you will come to me?”
UST So he went over to where she was sitting beside the road and said to her, “Let me have sex with you.” He did that because he did not recognize that she was his daughter-in-law Tamar. So she asked him, “What will you pay me so that you can have sex with me?”
BSB Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.”
§ “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
OEB So he turned aside to her by the roadside, and said, ‘Permit me, I pray you, to lie with you.’ For he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, ‘What will you give me to lie with me?’
WEBBE 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?”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET He turned aside to her along the road and said, “Come on! I want to have sex with you.” (He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked, “What will you give me in exchange for having sex with you?”
LSV and he turns aside to her by the way and says, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he has not known that she [is] his daughter-in-law; and she says, “What do you give to me, that you may come in to me?”
FBV He went over to her at the side of the road and said, “I want to sleep with you.” He didn't know she was his daughter-in-law.
¶ “What will you give me if I let you sleep with me?” she asked.
T4T Judah did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law. So he said to her, “Hey, let me have sex [EUP] with you!” She replied, “What will you give me for allowing you to have sex [EUP] with me?”
LEB And he turned aside to her at the roadside and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give to me that you may come in to me?”
BBE And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?
Moff No Moff GEN book available
JPS And he turned unto her by the way, and said: 'Come, 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?'
ASV And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Come, 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?
DRA And going to her, he said: Suffer me to lie with thee: for he knew her not to be his daughter in law. And she answered: What wilt thou give me to enjoy my company?
YLT and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, 'Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,' (for he hath not known that she [is] his daughter-in-law); and she saith, 'What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'
Drby And he turned aside to her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me go in to thee; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in to me?
RV 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?
Wbstr And he turned to her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me have access to thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law:) and she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayst have access to me?
KJB-1769 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?
(And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee/you, let me come in unto thee/you; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt/will thou/you give me, that thou/you mayest/may come in unto me? )
KJB-1611 And 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?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
Bshps And he turned to her vnto the way, & sayde, Come I praye thee, let me lye with thee. (For he knewe not that it was his daughter in law.) And she answered: What wylt thou geue me for to lye with thee?
(And he turned to her unto the way, and said, Come I pray thee/you, let me lye with thee/you. (For he knew not that it was his daughter in law.) And she answered: What wilt/will thou/you give me for to lye with thee/you?)
Gnva And he turned to the way towardes her, and saide, Come, I pray thee, let me lie with thee. (for he knewe not that she was his daughter in lawe) And she answered, What wilt thou giue me for to lie with me?
(And he turned to the way towardes her, and said, Come, I pray thee/you, let me lie with thee/you. (for he knew not that she was his daughter in lawe) And she answered, What wilt/will thou/you give me for to lie with me? )
Cvdl and he gat him to her in the waye, and saide: I praye the let me lye with the, for he knewe not that it was his doughter in lawe. She answered: What wilt thou geue me, that thou mayest lie with me?
(and he gat him to her in the way, and said: I pray the let me lye with them, for he knew not that it was his daughter in law. She answered: What wilt/will thou/you give me, that thou/you mayest/may lie with me?)
Wycl And Judas entride to hir, and seide, Suffre me that Y ligge with thee; for he wiste not that sche was the wijf of his sone. And whanne sche answeride, What schalt thou yyue to me, that thou ligge bi me?
(And Yudas entered to her, and said, Suffer me that I ligge with thee/you; for he wiste not that she was the wife of his sone. And when she answered, What shalt thou/you give to me, that thou/you ligge by me?)
Luth Und machte sich zu ihr am Wege und sprach: Lieber, laß mich bei dir liegen. Denn er wußte nicht, daß sie seine Schnur wäre. Sie antwortete: Was willst du mir geben, daß du bei mir liegest?
(And made itself/yourself/themselves to you/their/her in/at/on_the ways and spoke: Lieber, let me at you/to_you lie/lay. Because he knew not, that they/she/them his Schnur wäre. They/She replied: What willst you to_me geben, that you at to_me liegest?)
ClVg Ingrediensque ad eam, ait: Dimitte me ut coëam tecum: nesciebat enim quod nurus sua esset. Qua respondente: Quid dabis mihi ut fruaris concubitu meo?
(Ingrediensque to eam, he_said: Dimitte me as coëam tecum: nesciebat because that nurus his_own esset. Qua respondente: What dabis to_me as fruaris concubitu meo? )
38:1-30 The story of Judah and Tamar is a carefully placed interlude; it reports what was happening in the family of Judah, who would later rise to prominence, and it shows the beginnings of assimilation with the people of the land to help explain why God sent the family to Egypt (chs 39–47). The Egyptians were strict separatists (43:32); the Israelites would retain their unique identity better in Egypt than in Canaan.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיֵּ֨ט אֵלֶ֜יהָ אֶל הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ
and,went_over to=her/it to/towards the,roadside
Alternate translation: “So he went over to where she was sitting by the road”
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙
and=he/it_said
Alternate translation: “and propositioned her by saying,” or “and requested,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
הָֽבָה נָּא֙ אָב֣וֹא אֵלַ֔יִךְ
come=now! now come_in to,you
Alternate translation: “Let me lie with you.” or “Let me have relations with you.”
כִּ֚י לֹ֣א יָדַ֔ע כִּ֥י כַלָּת֖וֹ הִ֑וא
that/for/because/then/when not knowing that/for/because/then/when daughter-in-law,his who/which
For some languages it is more natural to put this clause first in this sentence and say, “He did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law Tamar, so he went over to her beside the road and said …” Alternate translation: “He said that because he did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law Tamar.”
מַה תִּתֶּן לִּ֔י
what? give to/for=me
Alternate translation: “What will you give me in exchange”
כִּ֥י תָב֖וֹא
that/for/because/then/when that/for/because/then/when come_in
Alternate translation: “if I allow you to”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
תָב֖וֹא אֵלָֽי
come_in to,me
See how you translated the idiom come to earlier in this verse. Alternate translation: “lie with me?” or “have relations with me?” or “do that?”