Bereshis 38:20-22

Orthodox Jewish Bible

²⁰ And Yehudah sent the gedi izzim by the yad of his friend the Adulami, to get back his ervon from the yad haisha; but he found her not.

²¹ Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the kedesha (cult prostitute) that was on the crossroads by the derech? And they said, There was no kedesha in this place.

²² And he returned to Yehudah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said that there was no kedesha in this place.