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


In Context

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.'|

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

24 It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, |Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.| Judah said, |Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.|

25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, |By the man, whose these are, I am with child.| She also said, |Please discern whose are these—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.|

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

38:23Then 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."

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 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.