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15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face. 16 So he turned aside to her along the way and said, “Please let me sleep with you” (for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law).

“What,” she asked, “will you give me to sleep with me?”

17 “I will send you a young goat from the flock,” he said,

“Provided you give a pledge until you send it,” she said.

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15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute,(A) for she had covered her face. 16 Not realizing(B) that she was his daughter-in-law,(C) he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.”(D)

“And what will you give me to sleep with you?”(E) she asked.

17 “I’ll send you a young goat(F) from my flock,” he said.

“Will you give me something as a pledge(G) until you send it?” she asked.

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