^38:20Then Judah had his friend Hirah³⁷ the Adullamite take a young goat to get back from the woman the items he had given in pledge,³⁸ but Hirah³⁹ could not find her.

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Footnotes

37 Heb “sent by the hand of his friend.” Here the name of the friend (“Hirah”) has been included in the translation for clarity.
38 Heb “to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand.”
39 Heb “he”; the referent (Judah’s friend Hirah the Adullamite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get back the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.

NLTNew Living Translation

Later Judah asked his friend Hirah the Adullamite to take the young goat to the woman and to pick up the things he had given her as his guarantee. But Hirah couldn’t find her.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Judah sent the kid from the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the hand of the woman, but he could not find her.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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