Verse 24
Genesis 38:24
Literal Standard Version
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And it comes to pass about three months after, that it is declared to Judah, saying, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has committed fornication; and also, behold, she has conceived by fornication”: and Judah says, “Bring her out—and she is burned.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֣י כְּ/מִ/שְׁלֹ֣שׁ חֳדָשִׁ֗ים וַ/יֻּגַּ֨ד לִֽ/יהוּדָ֤ה לֵֽ/אמֹר֙ זָֽנְתָה֙ תָּמָ֣ר כַּלָּתֶ֔/ךָ וְ/גַ֛ם הִנֵּ֥ה הָרָ֖ה לִ/זְנוּנִ֑ים וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֔ה הוֹצִיא֖וּ/הָ וְ/תִשָּׂרֵֽף
English Translation
And it was, at the end of three months, it was told to Judah, saying: "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the harlot, and behold, she is with child by harlotry." And Judah said, "Bring her out and let her be burned."
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Chapter 38 Context
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And it comes to pass, at that time, that Judah goes down from his brothers, and turns aside to a man...
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and Judah sees there the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, whose name is Shuah, and takes her, and goe...
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And she conceives, and bears a son, and he calls his name Er;
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and she conceives again, and bears a son, and calls his name Onan;
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and she adds again, and bears a son, and calls his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing...
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And Judah takes a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name is Tamar;
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and Er, Judah’s firstborn, is evil in the eyes of YHWH, and YHWH puts him to death.
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And Judah says to Onan, “Go in to the wife of your brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to your...
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and Onan knows that the seed is not reckoned his; and it has come to pass, if he has gone in to his...
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and that which he has done is evil in the eyes of YHWH, and He puts him also to death.
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And Judah says to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Abide as a widow at your father’s house, until my son...
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And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah’s wife, dies; and Judah is comforted,...
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And it is declared to Tamar, saying, “Behold, your husband’s father is going up to Timnath to shear...
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and she turns aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covers herself with a veil, and...
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And Judah sees her, and reckons her for a harlot, for she has covered her face,
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and he turns aside to her by the way and says, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he has not...
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And he says, “I send a kid of the goats from the flock.” And she says, “Do you give a pledge until y...
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And he says, “What is the pledge that I give to you?” And she says, “Your seal, and your ribbon, and...
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and she rises, and goes, and turns aside her veil from off her, and puts on the garments of her wido...
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And Judah sends the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge...
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And he asks the men of her place, saying, “Where is the separated one—she in Enayim, by the way?” An...
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And he turns back to Judah and says, “I have not found her; and the men of the place also have said,...
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and Judah says, “Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; behold, I sent this kid, and you...
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And it comes to pass about three months after, that it is declared to Judah, saying, “Your daughter-...
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She is brought out, and she has sent to her husband’s father, saying, “To a man whose these are, I a...
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And Judah discerns and says, “She has been more righteous than I, because that I did not give her to...
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And it comes to pass in the time of her bearing, that behold, twins are in her womb;
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and it comes to pass in her bearing, that one gives out a hand, and the midwife takes and binds on h...
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And it comes to pass as he draws back his hand, that behold, his brother has come out, and she says,...
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and afterward his brother has come out, on whose hand is the scarlet thread, and he calls his name Z...
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