Genesis 38:22
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, there was no harlot in this .
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Context
20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where the harlot, that openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this .
22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, there was no harlot in this .
23 And Judah said, Let her take to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and you hast not found her.
24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar your daughter in law has played the harlot; and also, behold, she with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.