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Genesis 38:23

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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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Genesis 38:23 in other translations

And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

Genesis 38:23 · American Standard Version

Genesis 38:23 in context

  1. 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.”
  2. 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.’ ”
  3. 23Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
  4. 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.”
  5. 25When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also said, “Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.”