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Genesis
Chapter 38
1
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 bore a son
and
he called his name Er.
4
And she conceived again, and bore a son
and
she called his name Onan.
5
And she yet again conceived, and bore a son
and
called his name Shelah.
And
he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
6
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn
whose
{the wife's} name was Tamar.
7
And Er, Judah's firstborn,
was
wicked in the sight of Jehovah/God
and
Jehovah/God slew him.
8
And Judah kept on saying unto Onan,
Go
in unto your brother's wife, and marry her,
and
raise up seed/progeny to your brother.
{Note: This is the 'law of posterity'. If a man dies leaving a wife and no male children, his name and posterity will be considered gone. But if a brother impregnates the widow, then her child will bear the name of the dead brother and his name will be legally continued. After the Exodus this was very important. The family names were to be continued. And, every 50 years, the land reverted back to that family, unless that family name had died out.}
9
And Onan knew that the seed/progeny
would
not be his {under the law}
and
it came to pass,
when
he went in unto his brother's wife,
that
he 'ejaculated on the ground',
lest
that he should give seed/progeny to his brother.
10
And the thing which he did displeased Jehovah/God
therefore
He slew him also.
11
Then kept on saying Judah to Tamar his daughter in law,
"Remain
a widow at your father's house,
till
Shelah my son be grown.
For
he kept on saying,
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
your father in law
goes
up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
14
And she put her widow's garments off from her,
and
covered her with a veil,
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 kept on saying,
"Go
to, I pray you, let me come in unto you.
(For he knew not that she was his daughter in law.)
And
she kept on saying,
What
will you give me, that you may come in unto me?
And she kept on saying,
"What will you give me, that you may come in unto me?"
17
And he kept on saying,
"I
will send you a kid from the flock."
And
she kept on saying,
"Will
you give me a pledge, till you send it?"
18
And he kept on saying,
"What
pledge shall I give you?"
And
she kept on saying,
"Your
signet, and your bracelets,
and
your staff that is in your 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 veil 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 kept on saying, "There was no harlot in this place."
22
And he returned to Judah, and kept on saying,
"I
cannot find her.
And
also the men of the place kept on saying
that
there was no harlot in this place.
23
And Judah kept on saying,
"Let
her take it to her,
lest
we be shamed.
Behold,
I sent this kid,
and
you have not found her."
24
And it came to pass about three months after,
that
it was told Judah, saying,
"Tamar,
your daughter in law,
has
played the harlot.
And also, behold, she is with child by whoredom."
And Judah kept on saying, "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 kept on saying,
"Discern,
I pray you, whose are these, the signet,
and
bracelets, and staff."
26
And Judah acknowledged them, and kept on saying,
"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 child birth/travail,
that,
behold, twins were in her womb.
28
And it came to pass,
when
she gave birth/travailed,
that
the one put out his hand
and
the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread,
saying,
"This one came out first."
29
And it came to pass,
as
he drew back his hand, that,
behold,
his brother came out.
And
she kept on saying,
"How
have you broken forth?
This breach be upon you.
Therefore his name was called Pharez {name means 'breach'}.
30
And afterward came out his brother,
that
had the scarlet thread upon his hand.
And his name was called Zerah {name means 'rising'}.
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