Genesis 38:20
“And Iudah sent the kidde by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the womans hand: but he found her not.”
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Genesis 38:20 Context
18And he said, What pledge shall I giue thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staffe, that is in thine hand: and he gaue it her, & came in vnto her, and she conceived by him. 19And shee arose and went away, and laid by her vaile from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20And Iudah sent the kidde by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the womans hand: but he found her not. 21Then hee asked the men of that place, saying, where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. 22And he returned to Iudah, and said, I cannot finde her: and also the men of the place said, That there was no harlot in this place.
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And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive [his] pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
- King James Version
When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, he did not find her.
- New American Standard Version (1995)