Kejadian 38:18

38:18 He said, “What pledge should I give you?” She replied, “Your seal, your cord, and the staff that’s in your hand.” So he gave them to her and had sex with her. ¹  She became pregnant by him.

Keluaran 28:9

28:9 “You are to take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, ² 

[38:18]  ¹ tn Heb “and he went to her.” This expression is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

[28:9]  ² tn Although this is normally translated “Israelites,” here a more literal translation is clearer because it refers to the names of the twelve tribes – the actual sons of Israel.