Genesis 38:24-26

New International Version

²⁴ About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.”

Judah said, “Bring her out and have her burned to death!”^(A)

²⁵ As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. “I am pregnant by the man who owns these,” she said. And she added, “See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are.”^(B)

²⁶ Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I,^(C) since I wouldn’t give her to my son Shelah.^(D)” And he did not sleep with her again.