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And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?(Genesis 38:16)
And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?(Genesis 38:17)
And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.(Genesis 38:18)
And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.(Genesis 38:20)
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.(Genesis 38:21)
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.(Genesis 38:22)

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Genesis 38:19 - Cross Reference

And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: (2 Samuel 14:2)
And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. (Genesis 38:14)
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. (2 Samuel 14:5)