Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
that time, that
Judah goeth
down
from
his brethren,
and turneth
aside
unto
a man, an Adullamite ,
whose
name
`is'
Hirah;
About
that time, Judah left
his brothers
and settled
near
a man named
Hirah
, an Adullamite .
and
Judah
seeth
there the daughter of a man,
a
Canaanite ,
whose
name
`is'
Shuah
, and taketh
her ,
and goeth
in
unto
her.
There Judah
saw
the daughter of a Canaanite man
named
Shua
, and he
took
her as
a
wife
and slept
with
her.
And
she conceiveth,
and beareth
a son, and he
calleth
his
name
Er ;
So
she conceived
and gave
birth
to
a son, and Judah
named
him
Er .
and
she
conceiveth
again ,
and beareth
a son, and calleth
his
name
Onan ;
Again she
conceived
and gave
birth
to
a son, and she
named
him
Onan .
and
she addeth
again,
and
beareth
a
son ,
and calleth
his
name
Shelah; and
he
was in
Chezib in
her
bearing
him.
Then
she gave
birth
to
another
son and named
him
Shelah; it
was at
Chezib that
she
gave
birth
to
him.
And
Judah taketh
a wife for Er, his first-born
, and her name `is'
Tamar ;
Now
Judah acquired
a wife for Er, his firstborn
, and her name was
Tamar .
and
Er, Judah's
first-born
, is
evil
in the eyes
of Jehovah,
and
Jehovah
doth
put him to death.
But
Er, Judah’s
firstborn
, was
wicked
in the sight
of the
LORD;
so
the
LORD
put him to death.
And
Judah saith
to Onan, `Go
in
unto
the
wife of
thy
brother,
and
marry
her ,
and raise up seed
to
thy
brother ;'
Then
Judah said
to Onan, “Sleep
with
your
brother’s
wife .
Perform
your
duty
as
her brother-in-law
and raise up offspring
for
your
brother .”
and
Onan knoweth
that the seed
is
not `reckoned'
his;
and
it
hath
come
to pass,
if
he hath
gone
in
unto
his brother's
wife, that
he hath
destroyed
`it'
to
the earth,
so as
not to
give
seed
to
his brother ;
But
Onan knew
that the offspring
would
not belong
to him;
so
whenever
he would
sleep
with
his brother’s
wife, he would
spill
his
seed
on
the ground
so that
he
would
not produce
offspring
for
his brother .
and
that
which
he hath
done
is
evil
in the eyes
of Jehovah
, and
He putteth
him
also
to death.
What
he did
was
wicked
in the sight
of the
LORD
, so
He put
Onan
to death as
well
.
And
Judah saith
to Tamar
his daughter-in-law, `Abide
a widow at
thy
father's
house ,
till
Shelah
my son groweth
up ;'
for he said
, `Lest
he die --
even
he
--
like his brethren;'
and
Tamar goeth
and
dwelleth
at
her father's
house.
Then
Judah said
to his daughter-in-law Tamar
, “Live
as
a widow in
your
father’s
house until
my son Shelah
grows
up .”
For he thought
, “
He may
die too,
like his brothers.”
So
Tamar went
to
live
in
her father’s
house.
And
the
days
are
multiplied
, and
the daughter of Shuah,
Judah's
wife
, dieth;
and
Judah is
comforted,
and
goeth
up
unto
his
sheep-shearers
, he and Hirah
his friend the Adullamite ,
to Timnath
.
After
a
long
time
Judah’s
wife
, the daughter of Shua
, died.
When
Judah had
finished
mourning
, he and his friend Hirah
the Adullamite went
up
to his
sheepshearers
at
Timnah
.
And
it
is
declared
to
Tamar ,
saying,
`Lo
, thy
husband's
father is going up to Timnath
to shear his flock;'
When
Tamar was
told
, “Your
father -in-law
is going up to Timnah
to shear his sheep,”
and
she turneth
aside
the
garments
of
her
widowhood
from
off
her, and
covereth
herself
with a vail,
and
wrappeth
herself up
, and sitteth
in
the opening
of
Enayim
, which `
is '
by
the way to Timnath,
for she hath
seen
that Shelah hath
grown up, and
she hath
not been given to him for
a wife.
she removed
her widow’s
garments
, covered
her
face
with a veil
to
disguise
herself, and sat
at
the entrance
to
Enaim
, which is on
the way to Timnah.
For she saw
that although
Shelah had
grown up, she had
not been given to him as
a wife.
And
Judah seeth
her, and
reckoneth
her
for
a harlot,
for
she hath
covered her face ,
When
Judah saw
her, he
thought
she
was
a prostitute
because
she had
covered her face .
and
he
turneth
aside
unto
her
by
the
way,
and
saith,
`Come,
I
pray
thee,
let
me
come
in
unto
thee,'
(for
he
hath
not known
that she `is'
his daughter-in-law );
and
she
saith
, `What
dost
thou
give
to me
, that
thou
mayest
come in
unto
me? '
Not realizing
that she was
his daughter-in-law, he
went
over
to her
and
said
, “
Come now,
let
me sleep
with
you.”
“What
will
you
give
me
for
sleeping
with
you
? ”
she
inquired.
and
he
saith,
`I
--
I send a kid
of
the
goats
from the
flock. '
And
she saith
, `Dost
thou
give
a pledge till
thou
send `
it '?'
“
I will
send you
a young
goat
from my
flock ,”
Judah
answered
. But
she replied
, “Only
if
you
leave
me
something
as
a pledge until
you
send it .”
and
he
saith,
`
What `is'
the
pledge that
I give to
thee
? '
and
she saith
, `Thy
seal ,
and thy
ribbon
, and thy
staff which
`is'
in thy
hand ;'
and
he giveth
to her ,
and goeth
in
unto
her, and she conceiveth
to
him ;
“
What pledge should
I give you
? ”
he
asked.
She answered
, “Your
seal and your
cord
, and the
staff in your
hand .”
So
he gave
them
to her and slept
with
her, and she became
pregnant
by
him .
and
she
riseth,
and goeth,
and turneth
aside
her
vail
from
off
her ,
and putteth
on the
garments
of
her widowhood
.
Then
Tamar
got
up
and departed.
And she
removed
her veil
and put
on her widow’s
garments
again
.
And
Judah sendeth
the
kid
of
the
goats
by
the
hand
of
his friend the Adullamite ,
to
receive
the pledge
from
the hand
of
the woman, and
he hath
not found
her.
Now
when
Judah sent
his friend Hirah
the Adullamite with
the young
goat
to
collect
the items
he
had
left
with
the woman, he could
not find
her.
And
he asketh
the men of her
place, saying,
`
Where `
is '
the separated
one
--
she
in
Enayim,
by
the way
? '
and
they
say,
`There
hath
not
been in
this
`place'
a
separated
one
. '
He asked
the men of that
place, “
Where is the shrine
prostitute
who
was
beside
the road
at
Enaim
? ”
“No
shrine
prostitute
has
been here,”
they
answered
.
And
he
turneth
back
unto
Judah ,
and saith
, `
I have
not found
her ;
and the men of the
place also
have
said, There
hath
not
been in
this
`place'
a
separated
one,'
So
Hirah
returned
to
Judah and said
, “
I could
not find
her ,
and furthermore,
the men of that
place said, ‘No
shrine
prostitute
has
been here.’”
and
Judah
saith,
`
Let her take
to
herself
, lest
we become despised;
lo
, I sent
this kid
, and
thou
hast
not found
her. '
“
Let her keep
the
items
, ”
Judah
replied.
“Otherwise
we will
become a
laughingstock.
After
all
, I did
send
her
this young
goat
, but
you
could
not find
her. ”
And
it
cometh
to
pass
about three months `after'
, that
it
is
declared
to
Judah ,
saying
, `Tamar
thy
daughter-in-law hath
committed
fornication;
and
also,
lo
, she
hath
conceived
by
fornication:'
and Judah
saith,
`
Bring her out --
and
she
is
burnt
. '
About three months later
, Judah was
told
, “Your
daughter-in-law Tamar
has
prostituted
herself
, and now
she
is
pregnant.”
“
Bring her out !”
Judah
replied
. “Let
her
be
burned
to
death!”
She is
brought out, and
she
hath
sent unto
her husband's
father ,
saying,
`To
a
man
whose
these
`are',
I `
am '
pregnant ;'
and she saith,
`Discern,
I
pray
thee
, whose `are'
these
--
the
seal ,
and the
ribbons,
and the
staff .'
As
she was
being
brought out, Tamar
sent a
message
to
her father -in-law:
“
I am pregnant by
the
man
to
whom
these
items
belong.”
And she added
, “Please
examine
them.
Whose seal and cord
and staff are
these?”
And
Judah discerneth
and saith
, `
She hath
been
more righteous than I, because
that
I did not give her to Shelah
my son ;'
and he hath
not added
to
know
her again.
Judah recognized
the
items
and said
, “
She is
more righteous than I, since
I did not give her to my son Shelah.”
And he did
not have
relations
with
her again.
And
it
cometh
to
pass
in
the time of
her
bearing,
that
lo
, twins `are'
in her womb ;
When
the time came
for
Tamar
to
give
birth
, there
were
twins in her womb .
and it
cometh
to
pass
in
her
bearing
, that
`
one '
giveth
out a
hand ,
and
the midwife taketh
and
bindeth
on
his
hand
a scarlet thread ,
saying,
`
This hath
come
out first. '
And as
she
was
giving
birth
, one of
them
put
out his
hand ;
so
the midwife took
a scarlet thread and
tied
it
around
his
wrist.
“
This one
came
out first ,”
she
announced
.
And
it
cometh
to
pass
as
he draweth
back
his hand ,
that
lo,
his brother hath
come
out, and
she saith
, `What!
thou
hast
broken forth
--
on
thee
`is'
the
breach;'
and
he calleth
his
name
Pharez;
But
when
he pulled
his hand back
and
his brother came
out, she said
, “You
have
broken out
first!”
So
he was
named
Perez.
and
afterwards
hath
his brother come
out ,
on
whose
hand
`is'
the scarlet thread, and he calleth
his
name
Zarah
.
Then
his brother came
out with
the scarlet thread around
his
wrist
, and he was
named
Zerah
.
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