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GE-38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down
from his
brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name
[was] Hirah.
GE-38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite,
whose name
[was] Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
GE-38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his
name Er.
GE-38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called
his name
Onan.
GE-38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called
his name
Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
GE-38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name
[was] Tamar.
GE-38:7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of
the LORD; and
the LORD slew him.
GE-38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife,
and marry
her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
GE-38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it
came to pass,
when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] on
the ground,
lest that he should give seed to his brother.
GE-38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD:
wherefore he slew
him also.
GE-38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a
widow at thy
father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest
peradventure he
die also, as his brethren [did]. And Tamar went and dwelt in her
father's
house.
GE-38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's
wife died; and
Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to
Timnath, he and his
friend Hirah the Adullamite.
GE-38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in
law goeth up to
Timnath to shear his sheep.
GE-38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and
covered her with
a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which
[is] by the way
to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not
given unto him
to wife.
GE-38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot;
because she
had covered her face.
GE-38:16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I
pray thee, let
me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his
daughter in law.)
And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in
unto me?
GE-38:17 And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the flock.
And she said,
Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou send [it]?
GE-38:18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she
said, Thy
signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that [is] in thine hand.
And he gave
[it] her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
GE-38:19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her veil
from her, and put
on the garments of her widowhood.
GE-38:20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the
Adullamite, to
receive [his] pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
GE-38:21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where
[is] the harlot,
that [was] openly by the way side? And they said, There was no
harlot in this
[place].
GE-38:22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her;
and also the
men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this
[place].
GE-38:23 And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be
shamed: behold,
I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
GE-38:24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it
was told
Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot;
and also,
behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring
her forth, and
let her be burnt.
GE-38:25 When she [was] brought forth, she sent to her father
in law, saying,
By the man, whose these [are, am] I with child: and she said,
Discern, I pray
thee, whose [are] these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
GE-38:26 And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She hath been
more
righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son.
And he knew
her again no more.
GE-38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that,
behold, twins
[were] in her womb.
GE-38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that [the
one] put out
[his] hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a
scarlet thread,
saying, This came out first.
GE-38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that,
behold, his
brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth?
[this] breach [be]
upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
GE-38:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the
scarlet thread upon
his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
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