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Chapter 38
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.
2
And
Judah
saw
there
a
daughter
of
a
certain
Canaanite,
whose
name
was
Shuah;
and
he
took
her,
and
went
in
unto
her.
3
And
she
conceived,
and
bare
a
son;
and
he
called
his
name
Er.
4
And
she
conceived
again,
and
bare
a
son;
and
she
called
his
name
Onan.
5
And
she
yet
again
conceived,
and
bare
a
son;
and
called
his
name
Shelah:
and
he
was
at
Chezib,
when
she
bare
him.
6
And
Judah
took
a
wife
for
Er
his
firstborn,
whose
name
was
Tamar.
7
And
Er,
Judah’s
firstborn,
was
wicked
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord;
and
the
Lord
slew
him.
8
And
Judah
said
unto
Onan,
Go
in
unto
thy
brother’s
wife,
and
marry
her,
and
raise
up
seed
to
thy
brother.
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.
10
And
the
thing
which
he
did
displeased
the
Lord:
wherefore
he
slew
him
also.
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.
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.
13
And
it
was
told
Tamar,
saying,
Behold
thy
father
in
law
goeth
up
to
Timnath
to
shear
his
sheep.
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.
15
When
Judah
saw
her,
he
thought
her
to
be
an
harlot;
because
she
had
covered
her
face.
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?
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?
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.
19
And
she
arose,
and
went
away,
and
laid
by
her
vail
from
her,
and
put
on
the
garments
of
her
widowhood.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
27
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
time
of
her
travail,
that,
behold,
twins
were
in
her
womb.
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.
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.
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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