23Then Judah said, "Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn't find her."


In Context

20 Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her.

21 He asked the men who lived there, "Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?" "There hasn't been any shrine prostitute here," they said.

22 So he went back to Judah and said, "I didn't find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, 'There hasn't been any shrine prostitute here.' "

23 Then Judah said, "Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn't find her."

24 About three months later Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant." Judah said, "Bring her out and have her burned to death!"

25 As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. "I am pregnant by the man who owns these," she said. And she added, "See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are."

Genesis 38:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:23And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:23Juda said : Let her take it to herself ; surely she cannot charge us with a,lie: I sent the kid which I promised: and thou didst not find her.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:23Then Judah said, Let her take it for herself, lest we be put to shame. Behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:23Judah said, |Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven't found her.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:23and Judah saith, 'Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; lo, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and you have not found her.