Genesis 38:20

WEB

Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he did not find her.

KJV

And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

Commentary

And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite,.... Who went with him to Timnath, and was priv y to all this wickedness, and kept the secret; but would have acted the more friendly and faithful part had he dissuaded him from it: him he employed to carry the kid he had promised, and not any of his servants, for the greater secrecy: and to receive his pledge from the woman's hand; his signet, bracelets, and staff, or whatever they were: but he found her not; she was gone from the place where she sat, or where she retired to with Judah.