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Chapter 38
And
it
came
to
passe
at
that
time,
that
Iudah
went
downe
from
his
brethren,
and
turned
in
to
a
certaine
Adullamite,
whose
name
was
Hirah:
2
And
Iudah
saw
there
a
daughter
of
a
certaine
Canaanite,
whose
name
was
Shuah:
and
he
tooke
her,
and
went
in
vnto
her.
3
And
she
conceiued
&
bare
a
sonne,
and
he
called
his
name
Er.
4
And
shee
conceiued
againe,
and
bare
a
sonne,
and
shee
called
his
name,
Onan.
5
And
she
yet
againe
conceiued
and
bare
a
sonne,
and
called
his
name
Shelah:
and
hee
was
at
Chezib,
when
shee
bare
him.
6
And
Iudah
tooke
a
wife
for
Er
his
first
borne,
whose
name
was
Tamar.
7
And
Er,
Iudahs
first
borne
was
wicked
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
slew
him.
8
And
Iudah
said
vnto
Onan,
Goe
in
vnto
thy
brothers
wife,
and
marrie
her,
and
raise
vp
seed
to
thy
brother.
9
And
Onan
knew
that
the
seed
should
not
be
his;
and
it
came
to
passe
when
hee
went
in
vnto
his
brothers
wife,
that
hee
spilled
it
on
the
ground,
least
that
hee
should
giue
seed
to
his
brother.
10
And
the
thing
which
he
did,
displeased
the
Lord:
wherefore
hee
slew
him
also.
11
Then
said
Iudah
to
Tamar
his
daughter
in
law,
Remaine
a
widow
at
thy
fathers
house,
til
Shelah
my
sonne
be
growen:
(for
he
said,
Lest
peraduenture
he
die
also
as
his
brethren
did)
and
Tamar
went
and
dwelt
in
her
fathers
house.
12
And
in
processe
of
time,
the
daughter
of
Shuah
Iudahs
wife
died:
and
Iudah
was
comforted,
and
went
vp
vnto
his
sheepe-shearers
to
Timnath,
he
and
his
friend
Hirah
the
Adullamite.
13
And
it
was
told
Lamar,
saying,
Behold,
thy
father
in
law
goeth
vp
to
Timnath
to
sheare
his
sheepe.
14
And
shee
put
her
widowes
garments
off
from
her,
and
couered
her
with
a
vaile,
and
wrapped
her
selfe,
and
sate
in
an
open
place,
which
is
by
the
way
to
Timnath:
for
shee
sawe
that
Shelah
was
growen,
and
she
was
not
giuen
vnto
him
to
wife.
15
When
Iudah
saw
her,
he
thought
her
to
be
an
harlot:
because
she
had
couered
her
face.
16
And
hee
turned
vnto
her
by
the
way,
and
said,
Goe
to,
I
pray
thee,
let
me
come
in
vnto
thee:
(for
he
knew
not
that
she
was
his
daughter
in
law)
and
she
said,
what
wilt
thou
giue
mee,
that
thou
mayest
come
in
vnto
me?
17
And
hee
said,
I
will
send
thee
a
kid
from
the
flocke:
and
shee
saide,
Wilt
thou
giue
mee
a
pledge,
till
thou
send
it?
18
And
he
said,
What
pledge
shall
I
giue
thee?
And
she
said,
Thy
signet,
and
thy
bracelets,
and
thy
staffe,
that
is
in
thine
hand:
and
he
gaue
it
her,
&
came
in
vnto
her,
and
she
conceived
by
him.
19
And
shee
arose
and
went
away,
and
laid
by
her
vaile
from
her,
and
put
on
the
garments
of
her
widowhood.
20
And
Iudah
sent
the
kidde
by
the
hand
of
his
friend
the
Adullamite,
to
receive
his
pledge
from
the
womans
hand:
but
he
found
her
not.
21
Then
hee
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
Iudah,
and
said,
I
cannot
finde
her:
and
also
the
men
of
the
place
said,
That
there
was
no
harlot
in
this
place.
23
And
Iudah
said,
Let
her
take
it
to
her,
lest
we
bee
shamed:
behold,
I
sent
this
kidde,
and
thou
hast
not
found
her.
24
And
it
came
to
passe
about
three
moneths
after,
that
it
was
tolde
Iudah,
saying,
Tamar
thy
daughter
in
law
hath
played
the
harlot,
and
also
behold,
she
is
with
child
by
whoredom:
and
Iudah
said,
Bring
her
foorth,
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
shee
said,
Discerne,
I
pray
thee,
whose
are
these,
the
signet,
and
bracelets,
and
staffe.
26
And
Iudah
acknowledged
them,
and
said,
She
hath
bin
more
righteous
then
I:
because
that
I
gaue
her
not
to
Shelah
my
sonne:
and
he
knew
her
againe
no
more.
27
And
it
came
to
passe
in
the
time
of
her
trauaile,
that
beholde,
twinnes
were
in
her
wombe.
28
And
it
came
to
passe
when
shee
trauailed,
that
the
one
put
out
his
hand,
and
the
midwife
tooke
and
bound
vpon
his
hand
a
skarlet
threed,
saying,
This
came
out
first.
29
And
it
came
to
passe
as
he
drewe
backe
his
hand,
that
behold,
his
brother
came
out:
and
she
said,
how
hast
thou
broken
foorth?
this
breach
bee
vpon
thee:
Therefore
his
name
was
called
Pharez.
30
And
afterward
came
out
his
brother
that
had
the
skarlet
threed
vpon
his
hand,
and
his
name
was
called
Zarah.
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