Genesis 38:21-23

Expanded Bible

²¹ He asked some of the people at the town of Enaim, “Where is the prostitute [^Cperhaps indicating a temple prostitute connected to a fertility religion] who was here by the road?”

They answered, “There has never been a prostitute here.”

²² So he went back to Judah and said, “I could not find the woman, and the people who lived there said, ‘There has never been a prostitute here.’ ”

²³ Judah said, “Let her keep the things. I don’t want people to laugh at us. I sent her the goat as I promised, but you could not find her.”