KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 38:20
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
WEB World English Bible
Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t find her.
ASV American Standard Version
And Judah 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 found her not.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Judah sendeth the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he hath not found her.
Surrounding context — Genesis 38
17 And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou send [it]?
18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that [is] in thine hand. And he gave [it] her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 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.
21 Then he 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].
22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this [place].
23 And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departיְהוּדָ֜הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גְּדִ֣יH1423 · ge.dikidהָֽעִזִּ֗יםH5795 · ezgoatבְּיַד֙H3027 · yadhandרֵעֵ֣הוּH7453 · re.aneighborהָֽעֲדֻלָּמִ֔יH5726 · a.dul.la.miAdullamiteלָקַ֥חַתH3947 · la.qachto take: takeהָעֵרָב֖וֹןH6162 · a.ra.vonpledgeמִיַּ֣דH3027 · yadhandהָאִשָּׁ֑הH802 · ish.shahwomanוְלֹ֖אH3808 · lonotמְצָאָֽהּ׃H4672 · ma.tsato find
Cross-references
Luke 23:12And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.Judges 14:20But Samson’s wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.2 Samuel 13:3But Amnon had a friend, whose name [was] Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab [was] a very subtil man.
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