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Genesis 38:18

And he is saying, `What is the Pledge that I am giving to-yourself?` And she is saying, `Your seal, and your thread, and your staff1202 which is in your hand.` And he is giving to-herself, and is coming in toward her, and she is conceiving to-himself.

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Strong’s #4294, matteh. a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe. A wooden stick first a branch from a tree and then is a staff, rod, and, scepter, and spear all at once. It is used symbolically to describe a tribe. Ezekiel prophesies of a matteh of a vine (Eze. 19:11,12,14). Another word for rod or staff is shebet (Strong’s #7626). These two words are rendered consistently.