Genesis 38:16

Genesis 38:16 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

16Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.”
“And what will you give me to sleep with you?” she asked.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

16So he turned aside to her by the road, and said, “Here now, let me have relations with you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give me, that you may have relations with me?”

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

16He turned to her by the road, and said, “Please come, let me lie with you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give me, that you may lie with me?”

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

16Not 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.

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American Standard Version (ASV)

16And 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?

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

16And 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?

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

16He 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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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

16He didn’t realize that she was his daughter-in-law. He went over to her by the side of the road. He said, “Come. Let me sleep with you.”
“What will you give me to sleep with you?” she asked.

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

16He did not know that she was his son's widow. He went to her at the side of the road. He said, ‘Let me have sex with you.’
Tamar asked him, ‘If I have sex with you, what will you give me?’

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

16and 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?”

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