So he returned to Judah: he refers to Hirah the Adullamite. Instead of the direct speech in this verse, some translators may find it more natural in style to shift to indirect speech. In that we case we may say, for example, “So Hirah went back to Judah and told him he could not find her; also, the men of Enaim said that no harlot had been there.”

Quoted with permission from Reyburn, William D. and Fry, Euan McG. A Handbook on Genesis. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1997. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .