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Genesis 38:18

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Thy signet: Chothem:, or chothemeth:, as in Genesis 38:25, is properly a ring-seal, with which impressions were made to ascertain property, etc. From Jeremiah 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. Genesis 38:25-26; Jeremiah 22:24; Luke 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 ορμισκον:, and Aquila and Symmachus by στρεπτον:; 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: Genesis 38:25-26; Hosea 4:11

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