^{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.

^{24 Ref} Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.

^{25 Ref} And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?

^{26 Ref} Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.