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1
And it came
about at that time,
that Judah
departed
from his brothers
and visited
a certain
Adullamite,
whose name
was Hirah.
2
Judah
saw
there
a daughter
of a certain
Canaanite
whose name
was Shua;
and he took
her and went
in to her.
3
So she conceived
and bore
a son
and he named
him Er.
4
Then she conceived
again
and bore
a son
and named
him Onan.
5
She bore
still
another
son
and named
him Shelah;
and it was at Chezib
that she bore
him.
6
Now Judah
took
a wife
for Er
his firstborn,
and her name
was Tamar.
7
But Er,
Judah's
firstborn,
was evil
in the sight
of the LORD,
so the LORD
took his life.
8
Then Judah
said
to Onan,
"Go
in to your brother's
wife,
and perform your duty as a brother-in-law
to her, and raise
up offspring
for your brother."
9
Onan
knew
that the
offspring
would not be his; so when
he went
in to his brother's
wife,
he wasted
his seed on the ground
in order not to give
offspring
to his brother.
10
But what
he did
was displeasing
in the sight
of the LORD;
so He took his life
also.
11
Then Judah
said
to his daughter-in-law
Tamar,
"Remain
a widow
in your father's
house
until
my son
Shelah
grows
up"; for he thought,
"I am afraid that he too
may die
like his brothers."
So Tamar
went
and lived
in her father's
house
.
12
Now after a considerable
time
Shua's
daughter,
the wife
of
Judah
,
died;
and when the
time
of mourning was ended,
Judah
went
up to his sheepshearers
at Timnah,
he and his friend
Hirah
the Adullamite.
13
It was told
to Tamar,
"Behold,
your father-in-law
is going
up to Timnah
to shear
his sheep."
14
So she removed
her widow's
garments
and covered
herself with a veil,
and wrapped
herself, and sat
in the gateway
of Enaim,
which
is on the road
to Timnah;
for she saw
that Shelah
had grown
up, and she had not been given
to him as a wife.
15
When Judah
saw
her, he thought
she was a harlot,
for she had covered
her face.
16
So he turned aside
to her by the road,
and said,
"Here
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?"
17
He said,
therefore, "I will send
you a young
goat
from the flock."
She said,
moreover, "Will you give
a pledge
until
you send
it?"
18
He said,
"What
pledge
shall I give
you?" And she said,
"Your seal
and your cord,
and your staff
that is in your hand."
So he gave
them to her and went
in to her, and she conceived
by him.
19
Then she arose
and departed,
and removed
her veil
and put
on her widow's
garments.
20
When Judah
sent
the young
goat
by his friend
the Adullamite,
to receive
the pledge
from the woman's
hand,
he did not find
her.
21
He asked
the men
of her place,
saying,
"Where
is the
temple prostitute
who
was by the road
at Enaim?"
But they said,
"There has been
no
temple prostitute
here."
22
So he returned
to Judah,
and
said,
"I did
no
t find
her; and furthermore,
the men
of the place
said,
'There has been
no
temple prostitute
here.'"
23
Then Judah
said,
"Let her keep
them, otherwise
we will become
a laughingstock.
After all,
I sent
this
young goat,
but you did not find
her."
24
Now it was about three
months
later that Judah
was informed,
"Your daughter-in-law
Tamar
has played the harlot,
and behold,
she is also
with child
by harlotry."
Then Judah
said,
"Bring
her out and let her be burned!"
25
It was while she was being brought
out that she sent
to her father-in-law,
saying,
"I am with child
by the man
to whom
these
things
belong." And she said,
"Please
examine and see,
whose
signet
ring
and cords
and staff
are
these
?"
26
Judah
recognized
them, and said,
"She is more
righteous
than
I, inasmuch
as I did not give
her to my son
Shelah."
And he did not have relations
with her again.
27
It came
about at the time
she was giving birth,
that behold,
there were twins
in her womb.
28
Moreover, it
took
place
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."
29
But it
came
about as he drew back
his hand,
that behold,
his brother
came
out. Then she said,
"What
a breach
you have made
for yourself!" So he was named
Perez.
30
Afterward
his brother
came
out who
had the scarlet
thread on his hand;
and he was named
Zerah.
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