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18 Judah asked her, ‘What should I give you?’ Tamar replied, ‘Give me your special ring and the string that holds it. And give me the stick that is in your hand.’[a] So Judah gave them to her. He had sex with her. As a result, she became pregnant.

19 After this, Tamar left there and she took off her veil. She put her widow's clothes on again.

20 Judah sent his friend Hirah, the Adullamite, to take a young goat back to where the woman had been. Judah wanted to get his special things back from the woman. But Hirah could not find the woman.

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  1. 38:18 The special ring and the stick would have Judah's mark on them. So other people would know who they belonged to.