Genesis 38:26 meaning and explanation

Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.

Genesis 38:26, Berean Standard Bible

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Judah has just been confronted with the seal, cord and staff he left as a pledge with a woman he took for a prostitute, only to learn she was his daughter-in-law Tamar. His words are a public admission of guilt.

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