19 Then she rose, and went and put her veil from her and put on her widow’s raiment.

20 Afterward Judah sent a kid of the goats by the hand of his [a]neighbor the Adullamite, for to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

21 Then asked he the men of the place, saying, Where is the whore, that sat in Enaim by the wayside? and they answered, There was no whore there.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:20 That his wickedness might not be known to others.

19 After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow’s clothes(A) again.

20 Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite(B) in order to get his pledge(C) back from the woman, but he did not find her. 21 He asked the men who lived there, “Where is the shrine prostitute(D) who was beside the road at Enaim?”

“There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here,” they said.

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