Genesis 38:14-24

14So she 1removed her widow’s garments and 2covered herself with a 3veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gateway of 4Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and 5she had not been given to him as a wife. 15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, for she had covered her face. 16So he turned aside to her by the road, and said, “6Here now, let me come in to you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?” 17He said, therefore, “I will send you a 7young goat from the flock.” She said, moreover, “Will you give a pledge until you send it?” 18He said, “What pledge shall I give you?” And she said, “8Your seal and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him. 19Then she arose and departed, and 9removed her 10veil and put on her widow’s garments.

20When Judah sent the 11young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her. 21He asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the temple prostitute who was by the road at Enaim?” But they said, “There has been no temple prostitute here.” 22So he returned to Judah, and said, “I did not find her; and furthermore, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no temple prostitute here.’” 23Then Judah said, “Let her 12keep them, otherwise we will become a laughingstock. 13After all, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her.”

24Now it was about three months later that Judah was informed, “14Your daughter-in-law Tamar has played the harlot, and behold, she is also with child by harlotry.” Then Judah said, “Bring her out and 15let her be burned!”