Chuàngshìjì 38:15

15 Yóudà kànjian tā , yǐwéi shì jìnǚ , yīnwei tā mĕng zhe liǎn .

Chuàngshìjì 38:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:15

When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot
By her posture and the place she was in: because she had covered her face;
with her veil, that he did not know her; for this is not given as a reason why he took her to be an harlot; the reason of this was, because she sat in the public road; but having covered her face he could not discern who she was, and therefore, from the other circumstance, concluded that she was an harlot, and sat there to prostitute herself to any that passed by.

Chuàngshìjì 38:15 In-Context

13 Yǒu rén gàosu Tāmǎ shuō , nǐde gōng gōng shàng Tíngná jiǎn yáng maó qù le .

14 Tāmǎ jiàn Shìlā yǐjing zhǎngdà , hái méiyǒu qǔ tā wéi qì , jiù tuō le tā zuò guǎfu de yīshang , yòng pàzi mĕng zhe liǎn , yòu zhē zhù shēntǐ , zuò zaì Tíngná lù shàng de yī ná yìn chéng ménkǒu .

15 Yóudà kànjian tā , yǐwéi shì jìnǚ , yīnwei tā mĕng zhe liǎn .

16 Yóudà jiù zhuǎn dào Tānàli qù , shuō , lái ba . ràng wǒ yǔ nǐ tóng qǐn . tā yuán bú zhīdào shì tāde ér fù . Tāmǎ shuō , nǐ yào yǔ wǒ tóng qǐn , bǎ shénme gĕi wǒ ne ,

17 Yóudà shuō , wǒ cóng yáng qún lǐ qǔ yī zhī shānyánggāo , dǎfa rén sòng lái gĕi nǐ . Tāmǎ shuō , zaì wèi sòng yǐ xiān , nǐ yuànyì gĕi wǒ yī gè dàngtóu ma ,