38:1 Later on
and
stayed with someone
from
Adullam named Hirah.
38:2 There
from
He
married her and stayed with her.
38:3 She later became pregnant
and
brought forth a son
who
was named Er.
38:4 She again gave birth to a son
and
named him Onan.
38:5 She gave birth to another son
and
named him Shelah.
She
gave birth to him at Kezib.
38:6 Then Judah found a wife for Er
his
firstborn and Tmar was her name.
38:7 But Judah's firstborn Er
was
displeasing to Yahweh
and
he passed away.
38:8 Then Judah said to Onan:
Lie
with with your brother's wife.
Marry
her and raise her children
for
your brother.
38:9 But Onan knew the offspring
should
not be his.
So
when he did lie with his brother's wife
he
spilled his seed on the ground
so
he would not provide it for his brother.
38:10 This was not pleasing to Yahweh
and
he also passed away.
38:11 Then Judah said to daughter-in-law Tamar:
Remain a widow
in your father's household
until
my son Shelah is grown.
Otherwise he may die
like his brothers.
Then Tamar went to live
in her father's household.
38:12 After some time Shua’s daughter
and
Once
he
went to Timnah
to
the men who sheared his sheep.
His
friend Hirah the Adullamite went with him.
38:13 Then Tamar was told:
Look
your father-in-law it going to Timnah
to
shear his sheep.
38:14 So she removed her widow's clothing
and
covered herself with a veil
and
wrapped herself.
Then
she sat at the entrance to Enaim
which
is on the road to Timnah.
For
she saw Shelah had grown
but
she was not given to him to marry.
38:15 When Judah saw her there
he
assumed she was a prostitute
as
she had covered her face.
38:16 He turned to her as he went by
and
asked her if he could lie with her
not
realizing she was his daughter-in-law.
She
replied:
What will you pay me
to sleep with you?
38:17 He replied:
I'll
send you over a goat from my flock.
She
asked him:
Will you give me as security
until you send it?
38:18 He asked her:
What
kind of security do you want?
She
replied:
Your
seal and its wire
and
that staff you are holding.
Then
he gave them to her
and
slept with her
and
she became pregnant by him.
38:19 After she got up and left
she
removed her vail
and
put on her widow's clothes.
38:20 Once Judah sent the goat
through
his friend the Adullamite man
to
get his security back from the woman
but
he could not find her.
38:21 He then asked the men there:
Where
is the prostitute who stood
by
the side of the road?
They
replied:
There
was no prostitute here.
38:22 So the man returned to
I
didn't find her.
The
men of the area said
there
was no prostitute there.
38:23 Then Judah said:
Let
her keep what she was given
or
we will be shamed.
I
did send her the goat
but
you didn't find her.
38:24 Then about three months later
Your
daughter-in-law Tamar
pretended
to be a prostitute
and
now look, she is pregnant.
Go
get her and bring her in.
38:25 As she was being brought in
she
relayed a message to her father-in-law:
I
am with child by the man who owns these.
Just
look, do you recognize
whose
seal, wire and staff these are?
38:26
She
is more justified than I am
since
I didn’t my son Shelah to her.
38:27 Later when she gave birth
they
discovered she had been carrying twins.
38:28 Later as she gave birth
one
of them reached out his hand
and
the midwife tied a scarlet thread
around
his wrist declaring that
this
one came out first.
38:29 As soon as he pulled his hand back
out
came his brother so she said:
How
did you break through the breach?
So
he was named Perez (broken out).
38:30 Then his brother with the scarlet thread
on
his wrist emerged.
So he was named Zerah (scarlet).
