Genesis 38:18 He said, "What pledge shall I give you?" And she said, "Your seal and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him. (NASB ©1995)Genesis 38:25 It was while she was being brought out that she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "I am with child by the man to whom these things belong." And she said, "Please examine and see, whose signet ring and cords and staff are these?"
Genesis 41:42 Then Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put the gold necklace around his neck. (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.Thy signet. {Chothem,} or {chothemeth,} as in ver. 25, is properly a ring-seal, with which impressions were made to ascertain property, etc. From Jer 22:24, we find that it was worn on the hand; though it might also have been suspended from the neck by a ribband, as the Arabs still wear it. 25,26 Jer 22:24 Lu 15:22 bracelets. {Pathil,} from {pathal,} to twist, wreathe, may denote either a wreath for the arm or neck, a twisted collar, or bracelet. In the former sense the LXX. render it by [ormiskon,] and Aquila and Symmachus by [strepton;] and in the latter sense, the Vulgate renders it by {armillam.} It may have been a collar by which the signet was suspended; though its being used in the plural seems to favour the opinion of its being a bracelet. gave it her. 25,26 Ho 4:11 Concordance Entries Bracelets Child Conceived Conceiveth Cord Giveth Lace Pledge Pregnant Replied Ribbon Ring Seal Signet Slept Staff Stick Jump to Previous Occurrence Bracelets Child Conceived Conceiveth Cord Hand Lace Pledge Pregnant Ribbon Ring Seal Signet Slept Staff Stick Jump to Next Occurrence Bracelets Child Conceived Conceiveth Cord Hand Lace Pledge Pregnant Ribbon Ring Seal Signet Slept Staff Stick New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | 
