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Genesis 38:22

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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.’ ”

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Genesis 38:22 in other translations

And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no prostitute here.

Genesis 38:22 · American Standard Version

Genesis 38:22 in context

  1. 20Judah 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.
  2. 21Then 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.”
  3. 22He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’ ”
  4. 23Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
  5. 24About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.”
    Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”