Genesis 38:1

Judah and Tamar

38:1 At that time Judah left ¹  his brothers and stayed ²  with an Adullamite man ³  named Hirah.

Genesis 38:20

38:20 Then Judah had his friend Hirah ⁴  the Adullamite take a young goat to get back from the woman the items he had given in pledge, ⁵  but Hirah ⁶  could not find her.

[38:1]  ¹ tn Heb “went down from.”

[38:1]  ² tn Heb “and he turned aside unto.”

[38:1]  ³ tn Heb “a man, an Adullamite.”

[38:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “sent by the hand of his friend.” Here the name of the friend (“Hirah”) has been included in the translation for clarity.

[38:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand.”

[38:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Judah’s friend Hirah the Adullamite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.