Genesis 38:20
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And Juda sent a kid by his shepherd, the Odollamite, that he might receive the pledge again, which he had given to the woman: but he, not finding her,

his friend.

Genesis 20:9 And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do.

Leviticus 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: But reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.

Judges 14:20 But his wife took one of his friends and bridal companions for her husband.

2 Samuel 13:3 Now Ammon had a friend, named Jonadab the son of Semmaa the brother of David, a very wise man:

Luke 23:12 And Herod and Pilate were made friends, that same day: for before they were enemies one to another.

Context
Judah and Tamar
19And she arose and went her way: and putting off the apparel which she had taken, put on the garments of her widowhood. 20And Juda sent a kid by his shepherd, the Odollamite, that he might receive the pledge again, which he had given to the woman: but he, not finding her,21Asked the men of that place: Where is the woman that sat in the cross way? And when they all made answer: There was no harlot in this place,…
Cross References
Genesis 38:1
At that time Juda went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Odollamite, named Hiras.

Genesis 38:19
And she arose and went her way: and putting off the apparel which she had taken, put on the garments of her widowhood.

Genesis 38:21
Asked the men of that place: Where is the woman that sat in the cross way? And when they all made answer: There was no harlot in this place,

Lexicon
Now when Judah
יְהוּדָ֜ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

sent
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

his friend [Hirah]
רֵעֵ֣הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

the Adullamite
הָֽעֲדֻלָּמִ֔י (hā·‘ă·ḏul·lā·mî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5726: Adullamite -- inhabitant of Adullam

with
בְּיַד֙ (bə·yaḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

the young goat
גְּדִ֣י (gə·ḏî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1423: A kid (a young goat)

to collect
לָקַ֥חַת (lā·qa·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

the items he had left with
הָעֵרָב֖וֹן (hā·‘ê·rā·ḇō·wn)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6162: A pledge

the woman,
הָאִשָּׁ֑ה (hā·’iš·šāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

he could not
וְלֹ֖א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

find her.
מְצָאָֽהּ׃ (mə·ṣā·’āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present


Additional Translations
Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.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.

And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

And Judas sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his shepherd the Odollamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; and he found her not.

And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand; but he found her not.

And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

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.

Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her.

And Judah sendeth the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he hath not found her.
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