Hirah asked some of the men at the town of Enaim, “Where is the prostitute that was here by the road?”
Genesis 38:22 - Easy To Read Version So Judah’s friend went back to Judah and said, “I could not find the woman. The men that lived in that place said that there was never a prostitute there.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So he returned to Judah and said, I cannot find her; and also the local men said, There was no harlot or temple prostitute around here. American Standard Version (1901) And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no prostitute here. Common English Bible So he went back to Judah and said, “I couldn’t find her. The locals even said, ‘There’s no holy woman here.’” Catholic Public Domain Version He returned to Judah, and he said to him: "I did not find her. Moreover, the men of that place told me that a prostitute had never sat there." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He returned to Juda, and said to him: I have not found her; moreover the men of that place said to me, that there never sat a harlot there. |
Hirah asked some of the men at the town of Enaim, “Where is the prostitute that was here by the road?”
So Judah said, “Let her keep the things. I don’t want people to laugh at us. I tried to give her the goat, but we could not find her. That is enough.”