¹⁴ she took off her widow’s clothes,^(A) covered herself with a veil^(B) to disguise herself, and then sat down^(C) at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.^(D) For she saw that, though Shelah^(E) had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.

¹⁵ When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute,^(F) for she had covered her face. ¹⁶ Not realizing^(G) that she was his daughter-in-law,^(H) he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.”^(I)

“And what will you give me to sleep with you?”^(J) she asked.

¹⁷ “I’ll send you a young goat^(K) from my flock,” he said.

“Will you give me something as a pledge^(L) until you send it?” she asked.

¹⁸ He said, “What pledge should I give you?”

“Your seal^(M) and its cord, and the staff^(N) in your hand,” she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.^{(O) 19} After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow’s clothes^(P) again.