Genesis 38:22
20 Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
21 He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
23 “Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
24 About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, No prostitute has been here.
- BLB
- And he returned to Judah and said, “I did not find her, and the men of the place said, ‘There has been no temple prostitute in this [place].’”
- ÅB
- Så kom han tilbake til Juda og sa: Jeg fant henne ikke, og tilmed sa folkene der på stedet: Det har ikke vært noen skjøge her.
- OTB
- Så vendte han tilbake til Juda og sa: "Jeg fant henne ikke, og mennene på stedet sa: 'Det har ikke vært noen tempelprostituert her.'"
- B1930
- Så kom han tilbake til Juda og sa: Jeg fant henne ikke, og tilmed sa folkene der på stedet: Det har ikke vært nogen skjøge her.