Genesis 38:23
King James VersionSource notes
“And Judah said, Let her take to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.”
Context
20And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
21Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where the harlot, that openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this
22And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, there was no harlot in this
23And Judah said, Let her take to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
24And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
25When she brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
26And Judah acknowledged and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.