Chapter 38
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.
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.
38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
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.
38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name |was| Tamar.
38:7 And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
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.
38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
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.
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.
38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
38:14 And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, 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.
38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her |to be| an harlot; because she had covered her face.
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?
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|?
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.
38:19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
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.
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|.
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|.
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.
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.
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.
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.
38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins |were| in her womb.
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.
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.
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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