| Gen. 38:1 |
Now at that time Judah went down from his brothers and pitched [his tent] near a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. |
| Gen. 38:2 |
And Judah saw there the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he took her and went in to her. |
| Gen. 38:3 |
And she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er. |
| Gen. 38:4 |
And she conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan. |
| Gen. 38:5 |
And yet again she bore a son and called his name Shelah, and she was in Chezib when she bore him. |
| Gen. 38:6 |
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. |
| Gen. 38:7 |
And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah. And Jehovah put him to death. |
| Gen. 38:8 |
And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up seed to your brother. |
| Gen. 38:9 |
But since Onan knew that the seed would not be his, whenever he went in to his brother's wife, he spilled [it] on the ground, so that he would not give seed to his brother. |
| Gen. 38:10 |
But what he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah, so He put him to death also. |
| Gen. 38:11 |
Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in your father's house until Shelah my son grows up. For he thought, He also may die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. |
| Gen. 38:12 |
And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. |
| Gen. 38:13 |
And it was told to Tamar, saying, Your father-in-law is now going up to Timnah to shear his sheep. |
| Gen. 38:14 |
And she removed from herself her widow's garments and covered [herself] with a veil and wrapped herself and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she had not been given to him as [his] wife. |
| Gen. 38:15 |
And when Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, for she had covered her face. |
| Gen. 38:16 |
And he turned aside to her by the way and said, Come now, let me come in to you; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me? |
| Gen. 38:17 |
And he said, I will send [you] a kid from the flock. And she said, Only if you give me a pledge until you send [it.] |
| Gen. 38:18 |
And he said, What pledge shall I give you? And she said, Your seal and your cord and your staff that is in your hand. And he gave [them] to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him. |
| Gen. 38:19 |
And she arose and went away, and removed her veil from herself and put on her widow's garments. |
| Gen. 38:20 |
And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand; but he did not find her. |
| Gen. 38:21 |
Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute who was by the road at Enaim? And they said, There has been no prostitute here. |
| Gen. 38:22 |
And he returned to Judah and said, I did not find her; and also the men of the place said, There has been no prostitute here. |
| Gen. 38:23 |
And Judah said, Let her keep [the things] for herself, lest we become a laughing stock; you see, I sent [her] this kid, but you did not find her. |
| Gen. 38:24 |
And about three months later it was told Judah, saying, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; moreover, now she is pregnant by harlotry. And Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned. |
| Gen. 38:25 |
As she was being brought out, she sent [word] to her father-in-law, saying, I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong. And she said, Please note whose these are, the seal and the cords and the staff. |
| Gen. 38:26 |
And Judah took note [of them] and said, She is more righteous than I, because I did not give her to my son Shelah. And he did not know her again anymore. |
| Gen. 38:27 |
And at the time of her delivery, there were twins in her womb. |
| Gen. 38:28 |
And while she was giving birth, one put out a hand; and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, This one came out first. |
| Gen. 38:29 |
But when he drew back his hand, his brother suddenly came out; and she said, What a breach you have made for yourself! Therefore his name was called Perez. |
| Gen. 38:30 |
And afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand; and his name was called Zerah. |