Genesis 38:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ When Judah sent the kid by his friend the Adullamite to recover the pledge from the woman, he could not find her.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand; but he was unable to find her.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And 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.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Judah sent the kid goat with his neighbor Hirah the Adullamite so he could take back the deposits from the woman, but he couldn’t find her.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Then Judah sent a young goat by his shepherd, the Adullamite, so that he might receive the pledge that he had given to the woman. But, when he had not found her,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And 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,

Genesis 38:20 Cross References

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that ought not to be done.”

Genesis 38:1

It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and settled near a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.

Genesis 38:19

Then she got up and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.

Genesis 38:21

He asked the townspeople, “Where is the prostitute who was at Enaim by the wayside?” But they said, “No prostitute has been here.”

2 Samuel 13:3

But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, and Jonadab was a very crafty man.

Leviticus 19:17

“You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself.

Luke 23:12

That same day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other; before this they had been enemies.

Judges 14:20

And Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.