World English Bible
Genesis 38:23
“Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven't found her.”
Verse in context — Genesis 38
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.
It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these--the signet, and the cords, and the staff.
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