18. “What should I give you? ” he asked.She answered, “Your signet ring, your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she got pregnant by him.
19. She got up and left, then removed her veil and put her widow’s clothes back on.
20. When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get back the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
21. He asked the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim? ”“There has been no cult prostitute here,” they answered.
22. So the Adullamite returned to Judah, saying, “I couldn’t find her, and furthermore, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’ ”
23. Judah replied, “Let her keep the items for herself; otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”
24. About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law, Tamar, has been acting like a prostitute, and now she is pregnant.”“Bring her out! ” Judah said. “Let her be burned to death! ”