Genesis 38:14

Overview - Genesis 38
Judah begets Er, Onan, and Shelah.
Er's marriage with Tamar, and death.
The trespass of Onan.
11 Tamar is reserved for Shelah.
12 Judah's wife dies.
13 Tamar deceives Judah.
27 She bears twins, Pharez and Zarah.
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Genesis 38:14  (King James Version)
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.
 


and sat
Proverbs 7:12 ; Jeremiah 3:2 ; Ezekiel 16:25

an open place
Hebrew the door of eyes, or of Enajim}
Some think {ainayim} means "the two fountains," or "double fountain;" while others regard it as a proper name, and the same as Enaim, a city of Judah, ( Joshua 15:34
) So the LXX. render it Enan.

Timnath
Genesis 38:12 Genesis 38:13

that Shelah
Genesis 38:11 Genesis 38:26