Genesis 38:23-25

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²³ Judah replied, ‘Let her keep the items for herself; otherwise we will become a laughing-stock. After all, I did send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.’

²⁴ About three months later Judah was told, ‘Your daughter-in-law, Tamar, has been acting like a prostitute, and now she is pregnant.’

‘Bring her out,’ Judah said, ‘and let her be burned to death! ’^(A)

²⁵ As she was being brought out, she sent her father-in-law this message: ‘I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.’ And she added, ‘Examine them. Whose signet ring, cord, and staff are these? ’