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Genesis 38:5-15
Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 38:5-15
Young's Literal Translation
5 and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.
6 And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name [is] Tamar;
7 and Er, Judah's first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death.
8 And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'
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;
10 and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.
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.
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.
13 And it is declared to Tamar, saying, `Lo, thy husband's father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;'
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.
15 And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,
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Genesis 38:5-15
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Genesis 38:5-15
New International Version
5 She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah.(A) It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.
6 Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.(B) 7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight;(C) so the Lord put him to death.(D)
8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.”(E) 9 But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother. 10 What he did was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death also.(F)
11 Judah then said to his daughter-in-law(G) Tamar,(H) “Live as a widow in your father’s household(I) until my son Shelah(J) grows up.”(K) For he thought, “He may die too, just like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s household.
12 After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua,(L) died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah,(M) to the men who were shearing his sheep,(N) and his friend Hirah the Adullamite(O) went with him.
13 When Tamar(P) was told, “Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,”(Q) 14 she took off her widow’s clothes,(R) covered herself with a veil(S) to disguise herself, and then sat down(T) at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.(U) For she saw that, though Shelah(V) had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute,(W) for she had covered her face.
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