Chuàngshìjì 38:22

22 Tā huí qù jiàn Yóudà shuō , wǒ méiyǒu zhǎo zhe tā , bìngqiĕ nà dìfang de rén shuō , zhèlǐ méiyǒu jìnǚ .

Chuàngshìjì 38:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:22

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her
That is, the Adullamite returned to him, and informed him that he could not find the harlot to whom he was sent to deliver the kid and receive the pledge, after he had made the strictest inquiry for her he could: and also the men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this
[place];
by which it appears, that near the place where Tamar was, there was a town or city, and which was so free from such infamous persons, that there was not one in it that was known to be of such a character, at least, that in such a public manner exposed herself: it would be well if the same could be said of many other places.

Chuàngshìjì 38:22 In-Context

20 Yóudà tuō tā péngyou Yàdùlánrén sòng yī zhī shānyánggāo qù , yào cóng nà nǚrén shǒu lǐ qǔhuí dàngtóu lái , què zhǎo bú zhe tā .

21 Jiù wèn nà dìfang de rén shuō , yī ná yìn lùpáng de jìnǚ zaì nǎli , tāmen shuō , zhèlǐ bìng méiyǒu jìnǚ .

22 Tā huí qù jiàn Yóudà shuō , wǒ méiyǒu zhǎo zhe tā , bìngqiĕ nà dìfang de rén shuō , zhèlǐ méiyǒu jìnǚ .

23 Yóudà shuō , wǒ bǎ zhè shānyánggāo sòng qù le , nǐ jìng zhǎo bù zhe tā . rènpíng tā ná qù ba , miǎndé wǒmen beì xiūrǔ .

24 Yuē guò le sān gè yuè , yǒu rén gàosu Yóudà shuō , nǐde ér fù Tāmǎ zuò le jìnǚ , qiĕ yīn xíng yín yǒu le shēnyùn . Yóudà shuō , lā chū tā lái , bǎ tā shāo le .