(and he went in unto her,) and she conceived by him. And Judah went unto his sheep, and she went to her father's house.
And Judah sent a kid of the goats by the hand of his shepherd, an Adullamite, and he found her not;
and he asked the people of the place, saying: "Where is the harlot who was here?" And they said unto him: "There is no harlot here with us."
And he returned and informed him, and said unto him that he had not found her; "I asked the people of the place, and they said unto me: 'There is no harlot here.'"