Genesis 38:18
Thy signet: Chothem, or chothemeth, as in Gen 38:25, 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. Gen 38:25-26; Jer 22:24; Luk 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: Gen 38:25, Gen 38:26, Hos 4:11 Reciprocal: Lev 18:15 - General Lev 20:12 - lie 2Sa 11:6 - Send me Isa 3:19 - the bracelets