19 Then she got up and departed, and [a]removed her [b]veil and put on her widow’s garments.

20 When Judah sent the [c]young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her. 21 He asked the people of her place, saying, “Where is the temple prostitute who was by the road at Enaim?” But they said, “There has been no temple prostitute here.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:19 Lit removed from herself
  2. Genesis 38:19 Or shawl
  3. Genesis 38:20 Lit kid of goats by the hand of

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