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54 lines
4.1 KiB
Markdown
Judah and Tamar
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# Chapter 38
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1. It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.
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2. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and went in to her.
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3. So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.
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4. She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.
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5. And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
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6. Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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7. But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord killed him.
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8. And Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother."
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9. But Onan knew that the heir would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother.
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10. And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; therefore He killed him also.
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11. Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house till my son Shelah is grown." For he said, "Lest he also die like his brothers." And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
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12. Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah's wife, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
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13. And it was told Tamar, saying, "Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
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14. So she took off her widow's garments, covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place which was on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife.
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15. When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face.
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16. Then he turned to her by the way, and said, "Please let me come in to you"; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.
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So she said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"
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17. And he said, "I will send a young goat from the flock."
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So she said, "Will you give me a pledge till you send it?"
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18. Then he said, "What pledge shall I give you?"
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So she said, "Your signet and cord, and your staff that is in your hand." Then he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
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19. So she arose and went away, and laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.
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20. And Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand, but he did not find her.
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21. Then he asked the men of that place, saying, "Where is the harlot who was openly by the roadside?"
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And they said, "There was no harlot in this place."
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22. So he returned to Judah and said, "I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no harlot in this place."
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23. Then Judah said, "Let her take them for herself, lest we be shamed; for I sent this young goat and you have not found her."
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24. And it came to pass, about three months after, that Judah was told, saying, "Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; furthermore she is with child by harlotry."
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So Judah said, "Bring her out and let her be burned!"
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25. When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man to whom these belong, I am with child." And she said, "Please determine whose these are--the signet and cord, and staff."
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26. So Judah acknowledged them and said, "She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son." And he never knew her again.
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27. Now it came to pass, at the time for giving birth, that behold, twins were in her womb.
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28. And so it was, when she was giving birth, that the one put out his hand; and the midwife took a scarlet thread and bound it on his hand, saying, "This one came out first."
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29. Then it happened, as he drew back his hand, that his brother came out unexpectedly; and she said, "How did you break through? This breach be upon you!" Therefore his name was called Perez.
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30. Afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand. And his name was called Zerah.
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