15 And Yehuḏah saw her, and reckoned her for a whore, for she had covered her face.
16 And he turned aside to her by the way, and said, “Please let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What do you give me to come in to me?”
17 And he said, “Let me send you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “Do you give me a pledge until you send it?”
18 So he said, “What pledge should I give you?” And she said, “Your seal and your cord and your staff that is in your hand.” And he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
19 And she arose and went away, and removed her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 And Yehuḏah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Aḏullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her.
21 And he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the cult prostitute who was beside the way to Ěnayim?” And they said, “There was no cult prostitute in this place.”