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Genesis 38:21
“Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There has been no prostitute here.”
Verse in context — Genesis 38
She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her.
Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There has been no prostitute here.
He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.
Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven't found her.
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