Genesis 38
GEN 38:1 And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Judah goeth down from his
brethren, and turneth aside unto a man, an Adullamite, whose name `is' Hirah;
GEN 38:2 and Judah seeth there the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, whose name
`is' Shuah, and taketh her, and goeth in unto her.
GEN 38:3 And she conceiveth, and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Er;
GEN 38:4 and she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Onan;
GEN 38:5 and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah;
and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.
GEN 38:6 And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name `is'
Tamar;
GEN 38:7 and Er, Judah's first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah
doth put him to death.
GEN 38:8 And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry
her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'
GEN 38:9 and Onan knoweth that the seed is not `reckoned' his; and it hath come
to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed `it'
to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;
GEN 38:10 and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He
putteth him also to death.
GEN 38:11 And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, `Abide a widow at thy
father's house, till Shelah my son groweth up;' for he said, `Lest he die --
even he -- like his brethren;' and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father's
house.
GEN 38:12 And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife,
dieth; and Judah is comforted, and goeth up unto his sheep-shearers, he and
Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath.
GEN 38:13 And it is declared to Tamar, saying, `Lo, thy husband's father is
going up to Timnath to shear his flock;'
GEN 38:14 and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and
covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the
opening of Enayim, which `is' by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that
Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.
GEN 38:15 And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath
covered her face,
GEN 38:16 and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, `Come, I pray
thee, let me come in unto thee,' (for he hath not known that she `is' his
daughter-in-law); and she saith, `What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest
come in unto me?'
GEN 38:17 and he saith, `I -- I send a kid of the goats from the flock.' And she
saith, `Dost thou give a pledge till thou send `it'?'
GEN 38:18 and he saith, `What `is' the pledge that I give to thee?' and she
saith, `Thy seal, and thy ribbon, and thy staff which `is' in thy hand;' and he
giveth to her, and goeth in unto her, and she conceiveth to him;
GEN 38:19 and she riseth, and goeth, and turneth aside her vail from off her,
and putteth on the garments of her widowhood.
GEN 38:20 And Judah sendeth the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the
Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he hath not
found her.
GEN 38:21 And he asketh the men of her place, saying, `Where `is' the separated
one -- she in Enayim, by the way?' and they say, `There hath not been in this
`place' a separated one.'
GEN 38:22 And he turneth back unto Judah, and saith, `I have not found her; and
the men of the place also have said, There hath not been in this `place' a
separated one,'
GEN 38:23 and Judah saith, `Let her take to herself, lest we become despised;
lo, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.'
GEN 38:24 And it cometh to pass about three months `after', that it is declared
to Judah, saying, `Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath committed fornication; and
also, lo, she hath conceived by fornication:' and Judah saith, `Bring her out --
and she is burnt.'
GEN 38:25 She is brought out, and she hath sent unto her husband's father,
saying, `To a man whose these `are', I `am' pregnant;' and she saith, `Discern,
I pray thee, whose `are' these -- the seal, and the ribbons, and the staff.'
GEN 38:26 And Judah discerneth and saith, `She hath been more righteous than I,
because that I did not give her to Shelah my son;' and he hath not added to know
her again.
GEN 38:27 And it cometh to pass in the time of her bearing, that lo, twins `are'
in her womb;
GEN 38:28 and it cometh to pass in her bearing, that `one' giveth out a hand,
and the midwife taketh and bindeth on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, `This
hath come out first.'
GEN 38:29 And it cometh to pass as he draweth back his hand, that lo, his
brother hath come out, and she saith, `What! thou hast broken forth -- on thee
`is' the breach;' and he calleth his name Pharez;
GEN 38:30 and afterwards hath his brother come out, on whose hand `is' the
scarlet thread, and he calleth his name Zarah.
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