18. Then he said, “What pledge shall I give you?”So she said, “Your signet and cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” Then he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
19. So she arose and went away, and laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20. And Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her.
21. Then he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the harlot who was openly by the roadside?”And they said, “There was no harlot in this place.”
22. So he returned to Judah and said, “I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no harlot in this place.”
23. Then Judah said, “Let her take them for herself, lest we be shamed; for I sent this young goat and you have not found her.”
24. And it came to pass, about three months after, that Judah was told, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; furthermore she is with child by harlotry.”So Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned!”