^{18 Ref} And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.

^{19 Ref} Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.

^{20 Ref} Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.

²¹ And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.

²² So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.

^{23 Ref} And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.