17. “One of my young goats,” he answered.“What will you give me to keep until you send the goat?” she asked.
18. “What do you want?” he asked in return.“The ring on that cord around your neck,” was her reply. “I also want the special walking stick you have with you.” He gave them to her, they slept together, and she became pregnant.
19. After returning home, Tamar took off the veil and dressed in her widow's clothes again.
20. Judah sent his friend Hirah to take a goat to the woman, so he could get back the ring and walking stick, but she wasn't there.
21. Hirah asked the people of Enaim, “Where is the prostitute who sat along the road outside your town?”“There's never been one here,” they answered.
22. Hirah went back and told Judah, “I couldn't find the woman, and the people of Enaim said no prostitute had ever been there.”
23. “If you couldn't find her, we'll just let her keep the things I gave her,” Judah answered. “And we'd better forget about the goat, or else we'll look like fools.”