26 Then Judah identified them and said, ⁱ“She is more righteous than I, since ^jI did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her again.

16 And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out ^zthe guilt of your servants; behold, we are ^amy lord’s servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.”