Genesis 38:21
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
Then hee asked the men of that place, saying, where is the harlot, that was ‖openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, in Enaijm.
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Genesis 38:21
Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.
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Sense 1: A woman who practises prostitution or sexual unfaithfulness. Sense 2: Figuratively, a person, city, or nation portrayed as unfaithful.
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Publicly, plainly, or without secrecy, concealment, or disguise.
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Sense 1: A lateral part, edge, or surface. Sense 2: A party or position in a dispute.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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20And 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.
20And Iudah sent the kidde by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the womans hand: but he found her not.
21Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
21Then hee asked the men of that place, saying, where is the harlot, that was ‖openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
Selected passage22And 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.
22And he returned to Iudah, and said, I cannot finde her: and also the men of the place said, That there was no harlot in this place.