Genesis 38:22

WEB

He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"

KJV

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

Commentary

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.