Genesis 38:22
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.
And 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.
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Genesis 38:22
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of return, meaning to go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Is unable to; is not able to.
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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
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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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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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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.
22And 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.
Selected passage23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
23And Iudah said, Let her take it to her, lest we †bee shamed: behold, I sent this kidde, and thou hast not found her.