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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