He went back to Judah and told him, “I did not find her; and besides, the men of the place said, ‘No prostitute has been here.’”
So he asked the men of that place, “Where is the prostitute, the one by the roadside in Enaim?” But they answered, “No prostitute has been here.”
“Let her keep the things,” Judah replied; “otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you did not find her.”