Genesis 38:16

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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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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?”
World English Bible (WEB)
And he turned{H5186}{(H8799)} unto her by the way{H1870}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Go to{H3051}{(H8798)}, I pray thee, let me come in{H935}{(H8799)} unto thee;(for he knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not that she was his daughter in law{H3618}.) And she said{H559}{(H8799)}, What wilt thou give{H5414}{(H8799)} me, that thou mayest come in{H935}{(H8799)} unto me?
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The F.O.G Paraphrase
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?’
Young's Literal Translation

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