18 He said, “What pledge shall I give you?” And she said, “(A)Your seal and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and had relations with her, and she conceived by him. 19 Then she got up and departed, and [a]removed her [b]veil and put on her widow’s garments.

20 When Judah sent the [c]young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:19 Lit removed from herself
  2. Genesis 38:19 Or shawl
  3. Genesis 38:20 Lit kid of goats by the hand of

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