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Genesis 38

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1 At that time, Judah moved away from his brothers and settled near an Adullamite named Hirah.

2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her. After he slept with her,

3 she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, whom she named Er.

4 She became pregnant again, gave birth to a son, and named him Onan.

5 Then she gave birth to one more son and named him Shelah. She was in Chezib when she gave birth to him.

6 Judah married his oldest son Er to a woman named Tamar.

7 But the LORD considered Judah's oldest son Er immoral, and the LORD put him to death.

8 Judah said to Onan, "Go to your brother's wife, do your duty as her brother-in-law, and provide children for your brother."

9 Onan knew the children wouldn't be his so when he slept with his brother's wife, he wasted his semen on the ground, so he wouldn't give his brother children.

10 The LORD considered what he did as wrong and put him to death too.

11 Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, "Stay as a widow in your father's household until my son Shelah grows up." He thought Shelah would die like his brothers had. So Tamar went and lived in her father's household.

12 After a long time, Judah's wife the daughter of Shua died. Then, after a period of mourning, he and his neighbor Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah, to those who were shearing his sheep.

13 Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is now on his way up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

14 So Tamar took off the clothing she wore as a widow, covered herself with a veil, put on makeup, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim on the road to Timnah, since she realized that although Shelah had already grown up, she hadn't been given to him as a wife.

15 Judah saw her and thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

16 He turned to her beside the road and said, "Let me sleep with you," because he didn't know she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me for sleeping with you?"

17 He said, "I will give you a kid goat from my flock." She said, "Only if you give me some deposit, as security to guarantee that you will send it."

18 He said, "What kind of deposit should I give you?" And she said, "Your seal, its cord, and the staff in your hand." He gave these to her, slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

19 Then she got up, left, and took off her veil, dressing once again in the clothing she wore as a widow.

20 Judah sent the kid goat with his neighbor the Adullamite so he could take back the deposits from the woman, but he couldn't find her.

21 He asked the locals of that place, "Where's the consecrated worker who was at Enaim on the road?" But they said, "There's no consecrated worker here."

22 So he went back to Judah and said, "I couldn't find her. The locals even said, ‘There's no holy woman here.'"

23 Judah said, "Let her keep everything so we aren't laughed at. I did send this kid goat, but you couldn't find her."

24 About three months later, Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has become a prostitute and is now pregnant because of it." And Judah said, "Bring her out so that she may be burned."

25 When she was brought out, she sent this message to her father-in-law, "I'm pregnant by the man who owns these things. See if you recognize whose seal, cord, and staff these are."

26 Judah recognized them and said, "She's more righteous than I am, because I didn't allow her to marry my son Shelah." Judah never knew her intimately again.

27 When she gave birth, she discovered she had twins in her womb.

28 At birth, one boy put out his hand, and the midwife took it and tied a red thread on his hand, saying, "This one came out first."

29 As soon as he pulled his hand back, his brother came out, and she said, "You've burst out on your own." So he was named Perez.

30 Afterward, his brother with the red thread on his hand came out, and he was named Zerah.

English Standard Version ESV

1 It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

2 There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her,

3 and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.

4 She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.

5 Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. Judah was in Chezib when she bore him.

6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death.

8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother. ”

9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother’s wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother.

10 And what he did was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death also.

11 Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father’s house.

12 In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

13 And when Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep, ”

14 she took off her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.

15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

16 He turned to her at the roadside and said, “Come, let me come in to you, ” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me? ”

17 He answered, “I will send you a young goat from the flock. ” And she said, “If you give me a pledge, until you send it—”

18 He said, “What pledge shall I give you? ” She replied, “Your signet and your cord and your staff that is in your hand. ” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

19 Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.

20 When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her.

21 And he asked the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute who was at Enaim at the roadside? ” And they said, “No cult prostitute has been here. ”

22 So he returned to Judah and said, “I have not found her. Also, the men of the place said, ‘No cult prostitute has been here. ’”

23 And Judah replied, “Let her keep the things as her own, or we shall be laughed at. You see, I sent this young goat, and you did not find her. ”

24 About three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has been immoral. Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality. ” And Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned. ”

25 As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant. ” And she said, “Please identify whose these are, the signet and the cord and the staff. ”

26 Then Judah identified them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah. ” And he did not know her again.

27 When the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb.

28 And when she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first. ”

29 But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself! ” Therefore his name was called Perez.

30 Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.