Tafsiran Kejadian 38:23: Rashi, Rashbam, Sforno & Radak

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוּדָה֙ תִּֽקַּֽח־לָ֔הּ פֶּ֖ן נִהְיֶ֣ה לָב֑וּז הִנֵּ֤ה שָׁלַ֙חְתִּי֙ הַגְּדִ֣י הַזֶּ֔ה וְאַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א מְצָאתָֽהּ׃

Lalu Yehuda berkata, “Biarlah ia memiliki barang-barang itu, supaya kita jangan menjadi bahan ejekan. Lihat, aku sudah mengirimkan anak kambing ini, tetapi engkau tidak menemukan perempuan itu.”

Rashi

תקח לה Let that remain hers which she has in her possession (i.e. LET HER KEEP IT).
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Rashbam

תקח לה, not literally “let her take it,” but “let her keep it.” Yehudah said that he would not make an additional effort to find her and to redeem his pledges.
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Sforno

הנה שלחתי, so that I have not betrayed my promise.
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Rashi

פן נהיה לבוז LEST WE BECOME A SCORN — if you seek her further the matter will become public and disgrace will follow, for what more can I do to redeem my promise? (for I have sent this kid etc and I can do no more).
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Rashi

הנה שלחתי את הגדי הזה BEHOLD, I SENT THIS KID — Because Judah had deceived his father through a kid of the goats — for he had dipped Joseph’s coat in its blood — therefore he, too, was deceived through a kid of the goats (Genesis Rabbah 85:9).
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