19. After she got up and left, she took off her veil and put her widow’s clothes back on.
20. Judah sent his friend Hirah to deliver the young goat so that he could get back his deposit from the woman, but his friend couldn’t find her.
21. He asked the men of that area, “Where’s that prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?”“There’s no prostitute here,” they answered.
22. So he went back to Judah and said, “I couldn’t find her. Even the men of that area said, ‘There’s no prostitute here.’ ”
23. Then Judah said, “Let her keep what I gave her, or we’ll become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”