19 So she arose and went away, and (A)laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.

20 And Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the harlot who was [a]openly by the roadside?”

And they said, “There was no harlot in this place.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:21 in full view

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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