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15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. 16 He turned to her at the roadside and said, “Come, let me come in to you”, for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?” 17 He answered, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “If you give me a pledge, until you send it—”

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

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

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

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

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