20Judah 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.


In Context

17 He said, |I will send you a young goat from the flock.| She said, |Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?|

18 He said, |What pledge will I give you?| She said, |Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.| He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.

19 She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

20 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.

21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, |Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?| They said, |There has been no prostitute here.|

22 He returned to Judah, and said, |I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'|

Genesis 38:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:20And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

38:20Meanwhile 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:20And Juda sent a kid by his shepherd, the Odollamite, that he might receive the pledge again, which he had given to the woman: but he, not finding her,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:20And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:20And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:20And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:20And 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:20And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:20And 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.