20Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman`s hand, but he didn`t find her.
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."
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.`"
23Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be put to shame. Behold, I sent this kid, and you haven`t found her."
24It 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."
25When 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."
26Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I didn`t give her to Shelah, my son." He knew her again no more.
