“And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?”
I'll send you a young goat from my flock, he said. Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it? she asked. The goat offered as payment is received as a future promise; the pledge is the guarantee. The application: the negotiation of pledge and payment is the legal framework within which Tamar operates — she is not acting randomly but with precise legal knowledge of what will constitute evidence.
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